WoRMS taxon details
Mithrodiidae Viguier, 1878
AphiaID: 149873
AphiaID: 149873
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Family | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Valvatida | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Mithrodiae Viguier, 1878 Mithrodidae Perrier, 1893 Mithrodinae Viguier, 1879 Mithrodinae Sladen, 1889 Mithrodinae Blake, 1980 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Blake, D.B. (1987). Classification and phylogeny of post-Paleozoic sea stars (Asteroidea: Echinodermata). Journal of Natural History 21: 481-528. [details] additional source: Blake, D.B. (1980). On the affinites of three small sea-star families. Journal of Natural History 14: 163-182 [details] additional source: Blake, D.B. (1981).A reassessment of the sea-star orders Valvatida and Spinulosida. Journal of Natural History 15: 375-394 [details] additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876, Zoology 30(51): xlii + 893 pages 118 plates. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Mithrodia Gray, 1840 Genus Thromidia Pope & Rowe, 1977 Genus Heresaster Michelin, 1844 accepted as Mithrodia Gray, 1840 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149873 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Mithrodiidae. In: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149873 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||||||||
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