Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Superorder Valvatacea > Order Valvatida

Oreasteridae Fisher, 1911

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Culcita Agassiz, 1836

Literature

basis of record

North East Atlantic Taxa

additional source

Döderlein, L. (1924). Die Asteriden der Siboga-Exped. II. Pentagonasteridae. Siboga-Expedition, 46(2): 49-69, pls. 14-19.

additional source

Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp.

additional source

Döderlein, L. (1935). Die Asteriden der Siboga-Exped. III. Oreasteridae. Siboga-Expedition, 46(2): 71-110, pls. 15-20.

identification resource

Mah, C. L. (2003). Astrosarkus idipi, a new Indo-Pacific genus and species of Oreasteridae (Valvatida; Asteroidea) displaying extreme skeletal reduction. Bulletin of Marine Science 73(3): 685-698

identification resource

Döderlein, L. (1935). Die Asteriden der Siboga-Exped. III. Oreasteridae. Siboga-Expedition, 46(2): 71-110, pls. 15-20.

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Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Oreasteridae Fisher, 1911. 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:149871

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2008-01-25 by Christopher Mah

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