Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Order Velatida

Myxasteridae Perrier, 1885

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Myxaster Perrier, 1885
Pythonaster Sladen in Thomson & Murray, 1885

Literature

basis of record

Clark, A.M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 3. Velatida and Spinulosida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies, 5: pp. 183-250

additional source

Clark, A.M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 3. Velatida and Spinulosida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies, 5: pp. 183-250

additional source

Fisher, W.K. (1906). The starfishes of the Hawaiian islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 23: 987-1130.

additional source

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(51): xlii + 893 pages 118 plates.

additional source

McKnight D.G. (2006). The marine fauna of New Zealand, Echinodermata: Asteroidea (Sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 120: 1-187.

additional source

Alton, M.S. (1966).A new sea-star from the northeastern Pacific Ocean, Asthenactis fisheri n. sp., with a review of the family Myxasteridae.Deep-Sea Research 13: 687-697

identification resource

Mah CL, Mercier A, Hamel J-P, and Nizinski M. (2012) Distribution Data and Taxonomic Notes on Atlantic Myxasteridae. Zootaxa 3572: 55-62.

identification resource

Downey, M.E. (1979). Pythonaster pacificus n. sp., a new starfish of the family Myxasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 92: 70-74.

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Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Myxasteridae Perrier, 1885. In: Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123141

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2008-01-19 by Christopher Mah

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