Odontasteridae Verrill, 1899 
AphiaID: 123136

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Echinodermata > Asterozoa > Asteroidea > Valvatacea > Valvatida

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Family
Parent		Valvatida
Synonymised taxa		Gnathasteridae Koehler, 1924 (Invalidated by the synonymy of Gnathaster Sladen 1889 with Odontaster Verrrill, 1880)
Sources		original description: Verrill, A.E. (1899). Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(1): 145-234 [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: 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: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Genus Acodontaster Verrill, 1899 Genus Diabocilla McKnight, 2006 Genus Diplodontias Fisher, 1908 Genus Eurygonias Farquhar, 1913 Genus Hoplaster Perrier, in Milne-Edwards, 1882 Genus Odontaster Verrill, 1880 Genus Asterodon Perrier, 1891 accepted as Odontaster Verrill, 1880 Genus Epidontaster Koehler, 1920 accepted as Odontaster Verrill, 1880 Genus Gnathaster Sladen, 1889 accepted as Odontaster Verrill, 1880 Genus Gnathodon Verrill, 1899 accepted as Odontaster Verrill, 1880 Genus Goniodon Perrier, 1894 accepted as Diplodontias Fisher, 1908 Genus Gymnognathaster Döderlein, 1928 accepted as Odontaster Verrill, 1880 Genus Heuresaster Bell, 1908 accepted as Acodontaster Verrill, 1899 Genus Metadontaster Koehler, 1920 accepted as Acodontaster Verrill, 1899 Genus Peridontaster Koehler, 1920 accepted as Odontaster Verrill, 1880 Genus Pseudontaster Koehler, 1912 accepted as Acodontaster Verrill, 1899 Genus Tridontaster Koehler, 1920 accepted as Acodontaster Verrill, 1899
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent + fossil
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123136
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Hansson, Hans 2005-07-28 06:51:10Z   changed   Braeckman, Ulrike 2008-01-19 09:31:50Z   changed   Mah, Christopher
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		Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Odontasteridae Verrill, 1899. 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=123136 on 2013-05-24