Asteriidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Forcipulatida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Forcipulatida

Familia: Asteriidae
Genera: Adelasterias – Anasterias – Aphanasterias – Aphelasterias – Asterias – Astrometis – Astrostole – Bernasconiaster – Caimanaster – Calasterias – Coronaster – Coscinasterias – †Cretasterias – Cryptasterias – †Dermaster – Diplasterias – Distolasterias – Evasterias – Icasterias – Kenrickaster – Leptasterias – Lethasterias – Lysasterias – Lysastrosoma – Marthasterias – Meyenaster – Notasterias – Orthasterias – Perissasterias – Pisaster – Plazaster – †Polarasterias – Psalidaster – Pycnopodia – Rathbunaster – Saliasterias – Sclerasterias – Stenasterias – Stephanasterias – Stylasterias – Taranuiaster – Tarsastrocles – Urasterias

Name

Asteriidae Gray, 1840

Type genus: Asterias Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymy

Asteriidae Gray, 1840: 178; — Perrier, 1875: 35; — Sladen, 1889: 560; — Fisher, 1906: 1104; 1923a: 247–258; 1923b: 595–607; 1930: 2; — Ely, 1942: 29; — A.M. Clark, 1962: 69–70; — McKnight, 2006: 48–49; — Benavides-Serrato, O’Loughlin & Rowley, 2007: 71–76; — Mah & Foltz, 2011: 653–656, figs. 2–3, tbl. 2.
Notasteriinae Fisher, 1923

References

Benavides-Serrato, M., O’Loughlin, P.M., Rowley, C. 2007. A new fissiparous micro-asteriid from southern Australia (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Asteriidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 64: 71–78. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2007.64.7 Reference page.
Clark, A.M. 1962. Asteroidea. Reports. B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929-1931. Series B (Zoology and botany). 9: 1–104. PDF Reference page.
Ely, C.A. 1942. Shallow water Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 176: 1–63. Hathitrust. Reference page.
Fisher, W.K. 1906. The Starfishes of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. 23(3): 987–1130. BHL Reference page.
Fisher, W.K. 1923a. XXVIII.—A preliminary synopsis of the Asteriidæ, a family of sea-stars. Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Series 9 12(68): 247-258. DOI: 10.1080/00222932308632942 Reference page.
Fisher, W.K. 1923b. LXII.—A preliminary synopsis of the Asteriidæ, a family of sea-stars (concluded). Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Series 9 12(71): 595-607. DOI: 10.1080/00222932308632982 Reference page.
Fisher, W.K. 1930. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 3: Forcipulata (Concluded). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 76(3): 1-356. DOI: 10.5479/si.03629236.76.3 BHL Reference page.
Gray, J.E. 1840. XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals and magazine of natural history 6(36): 175–184. DOI: 10.1080/03745484009443282 . BHL. Reference page.
Mah, C.L. & Foltz, D.W. 2011. Molecular phylogeny of the Forcipulatacea (Asteroidea: Echinodermata): systematics and biogeography. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 162(3): 646-660. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00688.x Reference page.
McKnight, D.G. 2006. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Asteroidea (sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 120: 1–187. PDF Reference page.
Perrier, E. 1875. Révision de la collection de Stellérides du museum d'histoire naturelle de Paris: 1-384 Hathitrust Google books Reference page.
Sladen, W.P. 1889. Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 Part 51, Zoology 30: i–xlii, 1–893. BHL Reference page.