WoRMS name details

Metrodiridae Sladen, 1889

293263  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:293263)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Asteroidea (Class)
  6. Ambuloasteroidea (Subclass)
  7. Neoasteroidea (Infraclass)
  8. Spinulosacea (Superorder)
  9. Spinulosida (Order)
  10. Metrodiridae (Family)
 unaccepted (Metrodira placed into Echinasteridae by Blake (1980). Metrodiridae sunk into Echinasteridae.)
Family
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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
page(s): 415 [details] 
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Metrodiridae Sladen, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=293263 on 2025-04-26
Date
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2008-02-09 20:23:27Z
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Mah, Christopher

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Nomenclature

original description 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
page(s): 415 [details] 

basis of record Blake, D.B. (1980). On the affinites of three small sea-star families. Journal of Natural History 14: 163-182 [details] 

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