Asteroidea 
AphiaID: 123080

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa

Authority		de Blainville, 1830
Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Class
Parent		Asterozoa
Sources		basis of record: Clark, A.M. (1989). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1989). Echinoderm Studies, 3: pp. 225-347 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Clark, A.M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1993). Echinoderm Studies, 4: pp. 187-366 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Clark, A.M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 3. Velatida and Spinulosida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies, 5: pp. 183-250 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Clark, A.M.and Mah, C. (2001). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 4. Forcipulatida and Brisingida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (2001). Echinoderm Studies, 6: pp. 229-347 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Mah, C.L. (2006). A new species of Xyloplax from the Northeast Pacific: comparative morphology and a reassessment of phylogeny. Invertebrate Biology 125 (2): 136-153 [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: Massin, Claude (look up in IMIS) [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Dutch zeesterren  [details] English sea stars  [details] English starfish  [details] French astéries  [details] French étoiles de mer  [details] German Seesterne  [details] Japanese hitode (ヒトデ)  [details] Korean 불가사리  [details] Malay (individual language) tapak sulaiman  [details] Spanish estrella de mar  [details] Swedish sjöstjärnor  [details]
Direct child taxa		Infraclass Concentricycloidea Superorder Forcipulatacea Superorder Spinulosacea Superorder Valvatacea Order Velatida Order Euclasteroidea accepted as Brisingida Order Platyasterida accepted as Paxillosida
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent + fossil
Distribution		Arctic Ocean [details] Atlantic [details] Indian Ocean [details] Pacific Ocean [details] Southern Ocean [details]
Feedingtypes		omnivore [details] predator [details] scavenger [details] suspension feeder [details]
Links		To AnimalsAndEarth (David Shale) To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To ITIS
Images		Asteroidea 1 added on 2006-07-27 - author: Stefano Schiaparelli qualitystatus: not checked Asteroidea indet. added on 2007-05-05 - author: Martin Rauschert qualitystatus: not checked St. Lawrence sea star poster added on 2010-11-15 - author: Nozères, Claude qualitystatus: not checked To AnimalsAndEarth (David Shale)
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123080
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Hansson, Hans 2005-03-29 12:14:34Z   changed   Appeltans, Ward 2006-05-02 11:28:33Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2008-06-11 12:57:51Z   checked   Danis, Bruno 2009-01-20 02:53:29Z   changed   Mah, Christopher 2009-06-22 07:47:14Z   changed   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Hansson, H. (2013). Asteroidea. Accessed through: Mah, C.L. (2013). World Asteroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123080 on 2013-06-20