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Asteriidae
Taxonomy
Asteriidae was named by Gray (1840) [Initial spelling "Asteriadae" corrected by Sladen (1889)]. It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Gale (1987), Mah and Blake (2012).
It was assigned to Cryptozonia by Clark and Twitchell (1915); to Asteriadina by Spencer and Wright (1966), Hess (1972); to Forcipulatida by Gale (2011), Gale (2011); and to Forcipulatida by Perrier (1894), Gale (1987), Blake (1989), Mah and Blake (2012).
It was assigned to Cryptozonia by Clark and Twitchell (1915); to Asteriadina by Spencer and Wright (1966), Hess (1972); to Forcipulatida by Gale (2011), Gale (2011); and to Forcipulatida by Perrier (1894), Gale (1987), Blake (1989), Mah and Blake (2012).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1840 | Asteriidae Gray p. 178 |
| 1894 | Asteriidae Perrier p. 105 |
| 1915 | Asteriidae Clark and Twitchell p. 28 |
| 1966 | Asteriidae Spencer and Wright p. U75 |
| 1972 | Asteriidae Hess p. 27 |
| 1987 | Asteriidae Gale p. 126 |
| 1989 | Asteriidae Blake p. 213 |
| 2011 | Asteriidae Gale p. 60 |
| 2012 | Asteriidae Mah and Blake p. 3 |
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Fm. Asteriidae Gray 1840
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Subfm. Asteriinae Gray 1840
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G. Asterias Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. †Asterias (Archaeasterias) Müller 1855
†Asterias arenicola Goldfuss 1833
†Asterias bituminosa Geinitz 1849
†Asterias deslongchampsi Morière 1878
†Asterias dubium Whitfield 1877
†Asterias lincki Sears 1905
Asterias planci Linnaeus 1758
†Asterias propinqua Münster 1835
†Asterias punctulata Desmoulins 1832
†Asterias ranvillensis Porte 1927
†Asterias remondii Gabb 1866
Asterias rubens Linnaeus 1758
†Asterias stellionura Sears 1905
Invalid names: Asteracanthion Müller and Troschel 1840 [synonym], Uraster Agassiz 1836 [objective synonym]
Subfm. †Dermasterinae Hess 1972
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G. †Pegaster Blake and Peterson 1993
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†Pegaster stichos Blake and Peterson 1993
†Pegaster sticos Blake and Peterson 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available