Pterasteridae

Pteraster militaris

Pteraster militaris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Velatida
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: Velatida

Familia: Pterasteridae
Genera (8): Amembranaster – Benthaster – Calyptraster – Diplopteraster – Euretaster – †Hansaster – Hymenaster – Hymenasterides – †Longwyaster – †Propteraster – Pteraster – †Savignaster

Name

Pterasteridae Perrier, 1875

Type genus: Pteraster Müller & Troschel, 1842.

Synonymy

• Pterasteridae Perrier, 1875; — Sladen, 1882: 190–192; 1889: 468–470; — Fisher, 1911: 343–344; — A.M. Clark, 1962: 58–59; — McKnight, 2006: 16; — Gale, 2011: 88.

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. 
• 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. 
• Gale, A.S. 2011. The Phylogeny of Post-Palaeozoic Asteroidea (Neoasteroidea, Echinodermata). Special Papers in Palaeontology. 85: 1–112. 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, P. 1882. The Asteroidea of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition, pt. 1. Pterasteridae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 16: 189–246. 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.