Porcellanasteridae

Porcellanaster ceruleus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Porcellanasteridae
Genera:Abyssaster – Benthogenia – Caulaster – Eremicaster – Hyphalaster – Lethmaster – Lysaster – Porcellanaster – Sidonaster – Styracaster – Thoracaster – Vitjazaster

Name

Porcellanasteridae Sladen, 1883

Type genus: Porcellanaster Wyville Thomson, 1878

Synonymy

• Porcellanasterinae Sladen, 1883: 214–217; — Fisher, 1911: 23.
  • Original rank as a subfamily of Astropectinidae.
• Porcellanasteridae Sladen, 1883; 1889: 125–129; — Fisher, 1911: 22–23; — Döderlein, 1921: 3–4; — Madsen, 1961: 34–56; — A.M. Clark, 1962: 10.
• Lethmasteridae Belyaev, 1969: 5.

References

• Belyaev, G.M. 1969. [New sea stars from the abyssal and ultraabyssal of the Pacific Ocean]. Byulleten Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody Otdel Biologicheskii. 74(3): 5–26. 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. 
• Döderlein, L. 1921. Die Asteriden der Siboga-Expedition. I. Porcellanasteridae, Astropectinidae, Benthopectinidae. Siboga-Expeditie. 46(1): 1–47. BHL. 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. 
• Madsen, F.J. 1961. The Porcellanasteridae. A monographic revision of an abyssal group of sea-stars. Galathea Report. 4: 33–174. Reference page. 
• Sladen, P. 1883. The Asteroidea of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition - Part II. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 17: 214–269. BHL 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.