WoRMS taxon details
Zoroasteridae Sladen, 1889
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 Zoroaster Wyville Thomson, 1873
Genus Mammaster Perrier, 1894 accepted as Cnemidaster Sladen, 1889 (synonym of Cnemidaster)
Genus Prognaster Perrier, 1891 accepted as Zoroaster Wyville Thomson, 1873 (syonym)
Genus Cnemidaster Sladen, 1889
Genus Doraster Downey, 1970
Genus Myxoderma Fisher, 1905
Genus Pholidaster Sladen, 1889
Genus Sagenaster Mah, 2007
Genus Zoroaster Wyville Thomson, 1873
Genus Mammaster Perrier, 1894 accepted as Cnemidaster Sladen, 1889 (synonym of Cnemidaster)
Genus Prognaster Perrier, 1891 accepted as Zoroaster Wyville Thomson, 1873 (syonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm [details]
Mah, C.L. (2022). World Asteroidea Database. Zoroasteridae Sladen, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123125 on 2022-08-15
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Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00291.x [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 Fisher, W.K. (1919). North Pacific Zoroasteridae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3(9): 387-353., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15688320 [details]
additional source Downey, M. E. (1970). Zorocallida, new order, and Doraster constellatus, new genus and species, with notes on the Zoroasteridae (Echinodermata; Asteroidea). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> (64): 1-18., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.64 [details] Available for editors
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identification resource Howell, K.L. A.D. Rogers, P.A. Tyler, and D.S.M. Billett. (2004). Reproductive isolation among morphotypes of the Atlantic seastar species <i>Zoroaster fulgens</i>. Marine Biology 144: 977-984., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-003-1248-8 [details]
identification resource Mah, C.; Foltz, D. (2011). Molecular phylogeny of the Forcipulatacea (Asteroidea: Echinodermata): systematics and biogeography. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 162(3): 646-660., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00688.x/abstract [details]
identification resource 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00291.x [details]
identification resource McKnight, D. G. (2006). The marine fauna of New Zealand, Echinodermata: Asteroidea (Sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 120: 1-187., available online at http://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/NIWAbm120.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00291.x [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 Fisher, W.K. (1919). North Pacific Zoroasteridae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3(9): 387-353., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15688320 [details]
additional source Downey, M. E. (1970). Zorocallida, new order, and Doraster constellatus, new genus and species, with notes on the Zoroasteridae (Echinodermata; Asteroidea). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> (64): 1-18., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.64 [details] Available for editors
[request] identification resource Howell, K.L. A.D. Rogers, P.A. Tyler, and D.S.M. Billett. (2004). Reproductive isolation among morphotypes of the Atlantic seastar species <i>Zoroaster fulgens</i>. Marine Biology 144: 977-984., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-003-1248-8 [details]
identification resource Mah, C.; Foltz, D. (2011). Molecular phylogeny of the Forcipulatacea (Asteroidea: Echinodermata): systematics and biogeography. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 162(3): 646-660., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00688.x/abstract [details]
identification resource 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00291.x [details]
identification resource McKnight, D. G. (2006). The marine fauna of New Zealand, Echinodermata: Asteroidea (Sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 120: 1-187., available online at http://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/NIWAbm120.pdf [details] Available for editors
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