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] Spanish estrella de mar  [details] Swedish sjöstjärnor  [details]
Direct child taxa		Superorder Forcipulatacea Superorder Spinulosacea Superorder Valvatacea Order Velatida
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]
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 Asteroidea added on 2011-04-20 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Catriona Day () 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: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2013) Canadian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123080 on 2013-05-26