WoRMS taxon details
Solasteridae Viguier, 1878
Genus Crossaster Müller & Troschel, 1840
Genus Heterozonias Fisher, 1910
Genus Laetmaster Fisher, 1908
Genus Lophaster Verrill, 1878
Genus Paralophaster Fisher, 1940
Genus Rhipidaster Sladen, 1889
Genus Solaster Forbes, 1839
Genus Ctenaster Perrier, 1881 accepted as Laetmaster Fisher, 1908 (homonym )
Genus Endeca Gray, 1840 accepted as Solaster Forbes, 1839 (Synonym )
Genus Leucaster Koehler, 1912 accepted as Cuenotaster Thiéry in Koehler, 1920 (Homonym)
Genus Myoraster Fisher, 1940 accepted as Paralophaster Fisher, 1940 (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1962))
Genus Polyaster Gray, 1840 accepted as Crossaster Müller & Troschel, 1840 (Synonym based on Sladen (1889))
Genus Sarkaster Ludwig, 1905 accepted as Lophaster Verrill, 1878 (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))
Genus Solaster(Polyaster) Gray, 1840 accepted as Crossaster Müller & Troschel, 1840 (synonym)
Genus Xenorias Fisher, 1913 accepted as Rhipidaster Sladen, 1889 (synonym according to Mah & Fujita, 2020)
Genus Heterozonias Fisher, 1910
Genus Laetmaster Fisher, 1908
Genus Lophaster Verrill, 1878
Genus Paralophaster Fisher, 1940
Genus Rhipidaster Sladen, 1889
Genus Solaster Forbes, 1839
Genus Ctenaster Perrier, 1881 accepted as Laetmaster Fisher, 1908 (homonym )
Genus Endeca Gray, 1840 accepted as Solaster Forbes, 1839 (Synonym )
Genus Leucaster Koehler, 1912 accepted as Cuenotaster Thiéry in Koehler, 1920 (Homonym)
Genus Myoraster Fisher, 1940 accepted as Paralophaster Fisher, 1940 (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1962))
Genus Polyaster Gray, 1840 accepted as Crossaster Müller & Troschel, 1840 (Synonym based on Sladen (1889))
Genus Sarkaster Ludwig, 1905 accepted as Lophaster Verrill, 1878 (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))
Genus Solaster(Polyaster) Gray, 1840 accepted as Crossaster Müller & Troschel, 1840 (synonym)
Genus Xenorias Fisher, 1913 accepted as Rhipidaster Sladen, 1889 (synonym according to Mah & Fujita, 2020)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Viguier, C. (1878). Classification des Stellerides. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences.</em> 86 (1878): 681-683., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4076802
page(s): 682 [details]
page(s): 682 [details]
Taxonomy Moved recently to Valvatida by Mah & Foltz (2011)
Taxonomy Moved recently to Valvatida by Mah & Foltz (2011) [details]
Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Solasteridae Viguier, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123143 on 2021-07-31
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Viguier, C. (1878). Classification des Stellerides. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences.</em> 86 (1878): 681-683., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4076802
page(s): 682 [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]
new combination reference Mah, C.; Foltz, D. (2011). Molecular phylogeny of the Valvatacea (Asteroidea: Echinodermata). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 161(4): 769-788., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00659.x/full [details]
identification resource Fisher, W.K. (1911). Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the US National Museum, 76: xiii+420 pp.122 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7840387 [details]
page(s): 682 [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]
new combination reference Mah, C.; Foltz, D. (2011). Molecular phylogeny of the Valvatacea (Asteroidea: Echinodermata). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 161(4): 769-788., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00659.x/full [details]
identification resource Fisher, W.K. (1911). Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the US National Museum, 76: xiii+420 pp.122 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7840387 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Moved recently to Valvatida by Mah & Foltz (2011) [details]
