WoRMS

ERMS taxon details

Archasteridae Viguier, 1879

AphiaID

152514 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152514)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Valvatida

Direct children (1)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Genus Archaster Müller & Troschel, 1840

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Viguier, C. (1879). Anatomie comparee du squelette des Stellerides. Archives de Zoologie Experimentale et generale. 7: 33-250., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5628140
page(s): 235 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Archasteridae Viguier, 1879. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=152514 on 2025-05-12

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Archasteridae Viguier, 1879. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152514 on 2025-05-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-12 09:49:49Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2008-01-19 09:31:50Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2009-01-31 03:09:45Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2017-06-26 16:40:30Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Viguier, C. (1879). Anatomie comparee du squelette des Stellerides. Archives de Zoologie Experimentale et generale. 7: 33-250., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5628140
page(s): 235 [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.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies. 4: 187-366. (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Sukarno and M. Jangoux. (1977). Révision du genre Archaster Müller et Troschel (Echinodermata, Asteroidea: Archasteridae). Revue Zoologique Africaine (Bruxelles) 91: 817–844. [details]