Stichasteridae

Stichaster striatus

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: Stichasteridae
Genera: Allostichaster – †Atalopegaster – Cosmasterias – Granaster – Neomorphaster – †Pegaster – Pseudechinaster – Smilasterias – Stichaster – Stichastrella – Uniophora

Name

Stichasteridae Perrier, 1885

Type genus: Stichaster Müller & Troschel, 1840

Synonymy

• Stichasteridae Perrier, 1885a: 885; 1885b: 15; — Sladen, 1889: 430; — Mah & Foltz, 2011; — Mah, 2024: 462.
• Neomorphasteridae Fisher, 1923
  • Type genus: Neomorphaster Sladen, 1889
  • Synonymised by Mah & Foltz (2011: 652).

References

• 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. 
• Mah, C.L. 2024. Two New Taxa of Goniasteridae (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) and Noteworthy Observations of Deep-Sea Asteroidea by the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer in the North and Tropical Atlantic. Zootaxa. 5432(4): 461–508. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5432.4.2 . 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. 
• Perrier, E. 1885a. Sur les Stellérides recueillis durant la mission du Talisman. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences. 101: 884–887. BHL. Reference page. 
• Perrier, E. 1885b. Première note préliminaire sur les Échinodermes recueillis durant les campagnes de dragages sous-marins du Travailleur et du Talisman. Annales des sciences naturelles. Zoologie. Serie 6. 19(8): 1-72. 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.