WoRMS taxon details
Paxillosida
123088 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123088)
Perrier, 1884
accepted
Order
Notomyotida · unaccepted (Molecular data from Mah & Foltz...)
Molecular data from Mah & Foltz (2011) shows the Benthopectinidae as a member of the Paxillosida. Contents of the Notomyotida, if any, are uncertain.
Platyasterida · unaccepted (Originally used to accomodate the...)
Originally used to accomodate the idea of a Paleozoic ancestry for Luidiidae & other Paleozoic only taxa.Luidiidae has since been removed.Paleozoic classification remains in flux but this name is largely unused.
- Family Astropectinidae Gray, 1840
- Family Benthopectinidae Verrill, 1899
- Suborder Cribellina
- Family Ctenodiscidae Sladen, 1889
- Family Goniopectinidae Verrill, 1889
- Family Luidiidae Sladen, 1889
- Family Paleobenthopectinidae Blake, 1984 †
- Family Porcellanasteridae Sladen, 1883
- Family Pseudarchasteridae Sladen, 1889
- Family Radiasteridae Fisher, 1916
- Family Lethmasteridae Belyaev, 1969 accepted as Porcellanasteridae Sladen, 1883 (Synonym)
- Family Platasteriidae Caso, 1945 accepted as Luidiidae Sladen, 1889 (synonym according to Blake and others)
- Family Plutonasteridae Sladen, 1899 accepted as Astropectinidae Gray, 1840
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Perrier, E. (1884). Mémoire sur les étoiles de mer recueilliés dans la mer des Antilles et le golfe du Mexique : durant les expéditions de dragace faites sous la direction de M. Alexandre Agassiz. <em>Archives (Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France)).</em> 2. sér., t. 6.:127-276., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44579946
page(s): 154, 168, 249 [details]
page(s): 154, 168, 249 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Paxillosida. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123088 on 2026-10-23
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Nomenclature
original description
Perrier, E. (1884). Mémoire sur les étoiles de mer recueilliés dans la mer des Antilles et le golfe du Mexique : durant les expéditions de dragace faites sous la direction de M. Alexandre Agassiz. <em>Archives (Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France)).</em> 2. sér., t. 6.:127-276., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44579946
page(s): 154, 168, 249 [details]
original description (of Notomyotida) Ludwig, H. (1910). Notomyota, eine neue Ordung der Seesterne. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 23: 435-466., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29202262
page(s): 435 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M. (1989). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 3: 225-347. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 154, 168, 249 [details]
original description (of Notomyotida) Ludwig, H. (1910). Notomyota, eine neue Ordung der Seesterne. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 23: 435-466., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29202262
page(s): 435 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M. (1989). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 3: 225-347. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Mah, C.; Foltz, D. (2011). Molecular phylogeny of the Valvatacea (Asteroidea: Echinodermata). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 161(4): 769-788., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00659.x/full [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Solís-Marín, F. A.; Alvarado, J. J.; Abreu-Pérez, M.; Aguilera, O.; Alió, J.; Bacallado-Aránega, J. J.; Barraza, E.; Benavides-Serrato, M.; Benítez-Villalobos, F.; Betancourt-Fernández, L.; Borges, M.; Brandt, M.; Brogger, M. I.; Borrero-Pérez, G. H.; Buitrón-Sánchez, E.; Campos, L. S.; Cantera, J.; Clemente, S.; Cohen-Renjifo, M.; Coppard, S.; Costa-Lotufo, L. V.; del Valle-García, R.; Díaz, Y.; Díaz de Vivar, M. E.; Díaz-Martínez, J. P.; Durán-González, A.; Epherra, L.; Escolar, M.; Francisco, V.; Freire, C. A.; García-Arrarás, E.; Gil, D. G.; Guarderas, P.; Hadel, V. F.; Hearn, A.; Hernández, J. C.; Hernández-Delgado, E. A.; Herrera-Moreno, A.; Herrero-Pérezrul, M. D.; Hooker, Y.; Honey-Escandón, M. B. I.; Lodeiros, C.; Luzuriaga, M.; Manso, C. L. C.; Martín, A.; Martinez, M. I.; Martínez, S.; Moro-Abad; Mutschke, E.; Navarro, J. C.; Neira, R.; Noriega, N.; Palleiro-Nayar, J. S.; Pérez, A. F.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Prieto-Rios, E.; Reyes, J.; Rodríguez, R.; Rubilar, T.; Sancho-Mejía, T.; Sangil, C.; Silva, J. R. M. C.; Sonnenholzner, J. I.; Ventura, C. R.; Tablado, A.; Tavares, Y.; Tiago, C. G.; Tuya, F.;Williams, S. M. (2013). Appendix. <em>In: J. J. Alvarado & F. A. Solís-Marín (eds), Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America.</em> pp. 471-510. Springer; Berlin & Heidelberg. page(s): 543-654. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | モミジガイ目スナヒトデ目 [from synonym]イバラヒトデ目 [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Notomyotida)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Platyasterida)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Notomyotida) (from synonym Notomyotida)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paxillosida)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Notomyotida)
To The Arctic Traits Database (7 traits) (from synonym Notomyotida)
To The Arctic Traits Database (7 traits)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Platyasterida)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Notomyotida) (from synonym Notomyotida)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paxillosida)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Notomyotida)
To The Arctic Traits Database (7 traits) (from synonym Notomyotida)
To The Arctic Traits Database (7 traits)
To ITIS
