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Asteriinae
Taxonomy
Asteriinae was named by Gray (1840). It is extant. Its type is Asterias.
It was assigned to Asteriidae by Spencer and Wright (1966).
It was assigned to Asteriidae by Spencer and Wright (1966).
Subtaxa
Asterias (syn. Asteracanthion, Uraster) (type genus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1840 | Asteriinae Gray |
| 1966 | Asteriinae Spencer and Wright p. U75 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
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 gaveyi Forbes 1850
†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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available