Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Subclass Ambuloasteroidea > Infraclass Neoasteroidea > Superorder Valvatacea > Order Valvatida

Sphaerasteridae Schöndorf, 1906

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Literature

original description	Schöndorf, F. (1906). Das genus Sphaeraster und seine Beziehungen zu rezenten Seesternen. Jahrbucher des Nassauischen Vereins fur Naturkunde, Wiesbaden. 59: 251-256.
basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351.
additional source	Blake, D.B. (1984). Constructional Morphology and life habits of the Jurassic sea star Sphaeraster Quenstedt. Neue Jahrbuecher fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie. Abhandlungen. 169(1): 74-101
additional source	Gale, A. S. (2021). Taxonomy and phylogeny of the 'football stars' (Asteroidea, Sphaerasteridae). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 19(10): 691-741.
additional source	Fujita, T. and F.W.E. Rowe. (2002). Podospherasteridae fam. Nov. (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Valvatida) with a new species, Podospheraster toyoshiomaruae from Southern Japan. Species Diversity 7: 317-332.
additional source	Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Sphaerasteridae Schöndorf, 1906 †. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123139