Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Superorder Forcipulatacea > Order Forcipulatida

Asteriidae Gray, 1840

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Asterias Linnaeus, 1758
Coronaster Perrier, 1885
Coscinasterias Verrill, 1870
Distolasterias Perrier, 1896
Icasterias Fisher, 1923
Leptasterias Verrill, 1866
Marthasterias Jullien, 1878
Orthasterias Verrill, 1914
Sclerasterias Perrier, 1891
Stephanasterias Verrill, 1871
Stylasterias Verrill, 1914
Urasterias Verrill, 1909

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Swedish: trollsjöstjärnor

Literature

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	Mah, C. & D. Foltz. (2011). Molecular Phylogeny of the Forcipulatacea (Asteroidea: Echinodermata): systematics and biogeography. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162(3): 646-660
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.
identification resource	Mah, C. & D. Foltz. (2011). Molecular Phylogeny of the Forcipulatacea (Asteroidea: Echinodermata): systematics and biogeography. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162(3): 646-660

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Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Asteriidae Gray, 1840. 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:123121