WoRMS taxon details
Metrodiridae Sladen, 1889
AphiaID: 293263
AphiaID: 293263
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Spinulosacea (Superorder) > Spinulosida (Order) |
| Status |  unaccepted (Metrodira placed into Echinasteridae by Blake (1980). Metrodiridae sunk into Echinasteridae.) | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Accepted name | Echinasteridae Verrill, 1870 | |||||||
| Rank | Family | |||||||
| Parent | Spinulosida | |||||||
| Sources |
original description: 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] basis of record: Blake, D.B. (1980). On the affinites of three small sea-star families. Journal of Natural History 14: 163-182 [details] | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||
| Link | To ITIS | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:293263 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Metrodiridae Sladen, 1889. 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=293263 on 2013-06-19 | ||||||||
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