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Zoroasteridae Sladen, 1889 
AphiaID: 123125

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Forcipulatacea > Forcipulatida
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Family
Parent Forcipulatida
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: 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. (2007). Phylogeny of the Zoroasteridae (Zorocallina;Forcipulatida): evolutionary events in deep-sea Asteroidea displaying Palaeozoic features. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150: 177-210. [details]

additional source: McKnight D.G. (1977). A note on the order Zorocallida (Asteroidea: Echinodermata). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Records 3(18): 159-161. [details]

additional source: Downey, M.E. (1970). Zorocallida, new order, and Doraster constellatus, new genus and species, with notes on the Zoroasteridae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 64: 1-18. [details]

additional source: Fisher, W.K. (1919). North Pacific Zoroasteridae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3(9): 387-353. [details]

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 Genus Bythiolophus Fisher, 1916
Genus Cnemidaster Sladen, 1889
Genus Doraster Downey, 1970
Genus Myxoderma Fisher, 1905
Genus Pholidaster Sladen, 1889
Genus Sagenaster Mah, 2007
Genus Terminaster Hess, 1974 †
Genus Zoroaster Thomson, 1873

Genus Mammaster Perrier, 1894 accepted as Cnemidaster Sladen, 1889
Genus Prognaster Perrier, 1891 accepted as Zoroaster Thomson, 1873
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent + fossil
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123125
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2007-12-29 02:37:08Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Zoroasteridae Sladen, 1889. In: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123125 on 2013-05-22
  
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