Asterinidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Leptognathina
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: Spinulosida Subordo: Leptognathina

Familia: Asterinidae
Subfamiliae (4): Asterininae – Ganeriinae – Hyalinothricinae – Tremasterinae

Subfamilia Incertae sedis genera (21): Ailsastra – Aquilonastra – Asterina – Asterinides – Callopatiria – Cryptasterina – Disasterina – Indianastra – Kampylaster – Limnasterias – Meridiastra – Nepanthia – Paranepanthia – Parvulastra – Patiria – Patiriella – Pseudasterina – Pseudonepanthia – Pseudopatiria – Stegnaster – Tegulaster

Genera overview (33): Ailsastra – Aleutiaster – Aquilonastra – Asterina – Asterinides – Callopatiria – Cuenotaster – Cryptasterina – Cycethra – Disasterina – Ganeria – Hyalinothrix – Indianastra – Kampylaster – Knightaster – Limnasterias – Meridiastra – Nepanthia – Paranepanthia – Parvulastra – Patiria – Patiriella – Perknaster – Pseudasterina – Pseudonepanthia – Pseudopatiria – Seriaster – Scotiaster – Stegnaster – Tarachaster – Tegulaster – Tremaster – Vemaster

Genera nomen dubium: Asterinopsis – Desmopatiria – Socomia

Name

Asterinidae Gray, 1840

Type genus: Asterina Nardo, 1834.

Synonymy

Asterinidae Gray, 1840: 288; — Sladen, 1889: 374–376; — Ely, 1942: 25.
Anseropodidae Fisher, 1906
Palmepedinae Sladen, 1889

References

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. [p. 32 as Asterinidae]
Clark, H.E.S. & McKnight, D.G. 2001. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (sea-stars) order Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 117: 1–269. PDF Reference page. [p. 155]
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. 1911. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 76(1): xiii+420 pp.; 122 pls. BHL Reference page. [as Asterinidae p. 253–254]
Gray, J.E. 1840. XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus) (Continued from p. 184.) Annals and magazine of natural history 6(37): 275–290. DOI: 10.1080/03745484009443296 BHL Reference page. [original description of Asterinidae p. 288]
O’Loughlin, P.M. & Waters, J.M. 2004. A molecular and morphological revision of genera of Asterinidae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61: 1–40. BHL DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2004.61.1 Full article (PDF). Reference page. [as Asterinidae p. 4–7]
O'Loughlin, P.M. 2009: New asterinid species from Africa and Australia (Echinodermata: Asteroidea:Asterinidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 66 (2): 203–213. Full article: [1].
O’Loughlin, P.M. & Mackenzie, M. 2013. Asterinid seastars from the Mozambique Channel (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Asterinidae). Zootaxa 3613(2): 176–180. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.2.5 Reference page.
O’Loughlin, P.M., Rowe, F.W.E. 2006. A systematic revision of the asterinid genus Aquilonastra O'Loughlin, 2004 (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 63(2): 257–287. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2006.63.18 Reference page. [as Asterinidae p. 260]
Setiadi, A. 2019. A new genus and two new species of sea stars (Family Asterinidae) from Indonesian marine lakes, with notes on habitat and feeding ecology. Zootaxa 4712(3): 392–402. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4712.3.5 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.