Ampheraster Fisher, 1923 (basis of record)
Asteriidae Gray, 1840 (additional source)
Asterinidae Gray, 1840 (additional source)
Astropecten Gray, 1840 (additional source)
Astropecten brasiliensis Müller & Troschel, 1842 (basis of record)
Benthopectinidae Verrill, 1899 (additional source)
Brisingida (additional source)
Brisingidae G.O. Sars, 1875 (additional source)
Ceramaster Verrill, 1899 (additional source)
Ctenodiscus Müller & Troschel, 1842 (additional source)
Ctenodiscus crispatus (Bruzelius, 1805) (additional source)
Cycethra Bell, 1881 (additional source)
Cycethra verrucosa (Philippi, 1857) (additional source)
Diplodontias Fisher, 1908 (basis of record)
Diplodontias singularis (Müller & Troschel, 1843) (basis of record)
Dipsacaster Alcock, 1893 (basis of record)
Dytaster Sladen, 1889 (additional source)
Eremicaster Fisher, 1905 (additional source)
Eremicaster crassus (Sladen, 1883) (additional source)
Eremicaster vicinus Ludwig, 1907 (additional source)
Freyastera benthophila (Sladen, 1889) accepted as Freyella benthophila Sladen, 1889 (additional source)
Goniasteridae Forbes, 1841 (additional source)
Henricia Gray, 1840 (additional source)
Henricia obesa (Sladen, 1889) (basis of record)
Henricia studeri (Perrier, 1891) (basis of record)
Linckia Nardo, 1834 (additional source)
Litonotaster Verrill, 1899 (basis of record)
Mithrodia Gray, 1840 (additional source)
Mithrodiidae Viguier, 1878 (basis of record)
Odontasteridae Verrill, 1899 (additional source)
Ophidiaster L. Agassiz, 1836 (additional source)
Ophidiasteridae Verrill, 1870 (additional source)
Oreasteridae Fisher, 1908 (additional source)
Pectinaster Perrier, 1885 (additional source)
Pedicellasteridae Perrier, 1884 (additional source)
Porcellanaster Wyville Thomson, 1878 (additional source)
Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1878 (additional source)
Porcellanasteridae Sladen, 1883 (additional source)
Pseudarchaster Sladen, 1889 (additional source)
Pterasteridae Perrier, 1875 (additional source)
Styracaster Sladen, 1883 (additional source)
Tethyaster Sladen, 1889 (additional source)
Thoracaster Sladen, 1883 (additional source)
Thoracaster cylindratus Sladen, 1883 (additional source)
Valvatida (additional source)
Zoroaster Wyville Thomson, 1873 (additional source)

Argentine Basin for Eremicaster crassus (Sladen, 1883) 
Atlantic Ocean for Asteroidea 
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone for Thoracaster cylindratus Sladen, 1883 
Brazil Basin for Eremicaster crassus (Sladen, 1883) 
Canary Basin for Freyastera benthophila (Sladen, 1889) 
Canary Basin for Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1878 
Canary Basin for Thoracaster cylindratus Sladen, 1883 
Cape Basin for Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1878 
Caribbean Sea for Thoracaster cylindratus Sladen, 1883 
Falkland Islands Exclusive Economic Zone for Astropecten brasiliensis Müller & Troschel, 1842 
Falkland Islands Exclusive Economic Zone for Cycethra verrucosa (Philippi, 1857) 
Falkland Islands Exclusive Economic Zone for Diplodontias singularis (Müller & Troschel, 1843) 
Falkland Islands Exclusive Economic Zone for Henricia obesa (Sladen, 1889) 
Falkland Islands part of the South Atlantic Ocean for Henricia studeri (Perrier, 1891) 
Guyana Basin for Thoracaster cylindratus Sladen, 1883 
Iberian Basin for Freyastera benthophila (Sladen, 1889) 
Iberian Basin for Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1878 
Iberian Basin for Thoracaster cylindratus Sladen, 1883 
Indo-Pacific for Eremicaster crassus (Sladen, 1883) 
Indo-Pacific for Freyastera benthophila (Sladen, 1889) 
Indo-Pacific for Thoracaster cylindratus Sladen, 1883 
Newfoundland Basin for Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1878 
North American Basin for Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1878 
Rockall Trough for Freyastera benthophila (Sladen, 1889) 
Rockall Trough for Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1878 
Rockall Trough for Thoracaster cylindratus Sladen, 1883 
South Brazil for Astropecten brasiliensis Müller & Troschel, 1842 
South Brazil for Cycethra verrucosa (Philippi, 1857) 
South Chile for Cycethra verrucosa (Philippi, 1857) 
South Chile for Diplodontias singularis (Müller & Troschel, 1843) 
South Chile for Henricia obesa (Sladen, 1889) 
South Chile for Henricia studeri (Perrier, 1891) 
Tierra del Fuego for Astropecten brasiliensis Müller & Troschel, 1842 
Tierra del Fuego for Cycethra verrucosa (Philippi, 1857) 
Tierra del Fuego for Diplodontias singularis (Müller & Troschel, 1843) 
Tierra del Fuego for Henricia obesa (Sladen, 1889) 
Tierra del Fuego for Henricia studeri (Perrier, 1891) 
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean for Ctenodiscus crispatus (Bruzelius, 1805) 
Uruguayan Exclusive Economic Zone for Astropecten brasiliensis Müller & Troschel, 1842 
Uruguayan Exclusive Economic Zone for Cycethra verrucosa (Philippi, 1857) 
Uruguayan Exclusive Economic Zone for Diplodontias singularis (Müller & Troschel, 1843) 
Uruguayan Exclusive Economic Zone for Henricia obesa (Sladen, 1889) 
Uruguayan Exclusive Economic Zone for Henricia studeri (Perrier, 1891) 
West Africa Coast for Eremicaster vicinus Ludwig, 1907 
West Africa Coast for Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1878 
West Africa Coast for Thoracaster cylindratus Sladen, 1883 
West European Basin for Freyastera benthophila (Sladen, 1889) 
West European Basin for Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1878 
West European Basin for Thoracaster cylindratus Sladen, 1883 

 Authority

 for Asterina phylactica Emson & Crump, 1979

Emson & Crump, 1978 [details]

 Distribution

 for Eremicaster vicinus Ludwig, 1907

Cosmopolitan (World Oceans) [details]

 Distribution

 for Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1878

Cosmopolitan (World Oceans) [details]

 Identification

 for Ophidiaster lymani (A.H. Clark, 1948)

From Clark & Downey (1992: 270) "The specimens from Cape Cerde and Annobon Islands, Gulf of Guine, identified by ... [details]

 Spelling

 for Asterias phrygiana Parelius, 1768

Asterias phrygania in Clark, A.M.& Downey, M.E. (1992). [details]

 Spelling

 for Culcitopsis Verrill, 1914

Culcitopsis in Hansson (1998) North East Atlantic Taxa and in Clark, A.M.& Downey, M.E. (1992) [details]

 Status

 for Ceramaster grenadensis patagonicus (Sladen, 1889)

Regarded as a subspecies in Clark & Downey (1992) but a full species by A.M. Clark's (1993) checklist. [details]

 Synonymy

 for Henricia cylindrella (Sladen, 1883)

Madsen (1987) believes that H. abyssalis (Perrier 1894) is a synonym of H. cylindrella.. this has met with ... [details]

 Taxonomic remark

 for Stellonia hispida (Forbes, 1839)

Stellonia hispida Forbes 1839, suppressed and replaced by Leptasterias muelleri (Sars 1846) see Clark & Downey ... [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Sphaeriaster björlykkei Dons, 1938

Madsen (pers.comm.) thinks this species could be a decalcified Poraniomorpha tumida (Stuxberg). Placed under ... [details]

 Validity

 for Asterinopsis Verrill, 1913

The name Asterinopsis is retained because the identity of the type species Asterias penicillaris Lamarck, 1816 is ... [details]