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

Pseudarchasteridae Sladen, 1889

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Paragonaster*	Sladen, 1889	taxonomically included in
*Pseudarchaster*	Sladen, 1889	taxonomically included in

Children

Paragonaster Sladen, 1889
Pseudarchaster Sladen, 1889

Literature

original description	Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology. 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates.
additional source	Blake, D. B. (1987). A classification and phylogeny of post-Palaeozoic sea stars (Asteroidea: Echinodermata). Journal of Natural History. 21(2): 481-528.
status source	Mah, C.; Foltz, D. (2011). Molecular phylogeny of the Valvatacea (Asteroidea: Echinodermata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 161(4): 769-788.
status source	Blake, D.B. and J.W.M. Jagt. (2005). New latest Cretaceous and earliest Paleogene asteroids (Echinodermata) from the Netherlands and Denmark and their paleobiological significance. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 75: 183-200
identification resource	Halpern, J. A. (1972). Pseudarchasterinae (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) of the Atlantic. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 85(30): 359-384.

Genbank

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Pseudarchasteridae Sladen, 1889. 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:292826