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Asteriidae

Asteroidea - 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) and Mah and Blake (2012).

It was assigned to Cryptozonia by Clark and Twitchell (1915); to Asteriadina by Spencer and Wright (1966) and Hess (1972); to Forcipulatida by Gale (2011) and Gale (2011); and to Forcipulatida by Perrier (1894), Gale (1987), Blake (1989) and Mah and Blake (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Asteriidae Gray p. 178
1894Asteriidae Perrier p. 105
1915Asteriidae Clark and Twitchell p. 28
1966Asteriidae Spencer and Wright p. U75
1972Asteriidae Hess p. 27
1987Asteriidae Gale p. 126
1989Asteriidae Blake p. 213
2011Asteriidae Gale p. 60
2012Asteriidae Mah and Blake p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderSurculifera
—Tripedicellaria
—Forcipulatida()
familyAsteriidae
familyAsteriidae

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.

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]
G. †Cretasterias Gale and Villier 2013
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†Cretasterias reticulatus Gale and Villier 2013
Subfm. †Dermasterinae Hess 1972
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G. †Dermaster de Loriol 1899
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†Dermaster boehmi de Loriol 1899
G. †Germanasterias Blake 1990
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G. †Hystrixasterias Blake 1990
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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
G. †Polarasterias Rousseau et al. 2018
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†Polarasterias janusensis Rousseau et al. 2018
G. †Savignasterias Gale 2011
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G. Sclerasterias Perrier 1891
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†Sclerasterias zinsmeisteri Blake and Aronson 1998
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 17:11:12
Modified: 2009-10-10 10:38:25
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Liasicus to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 201.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 196.5 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Germany (Württemberg) Hystrixasterias hettangiurnus, Germanasterias amplipapularia (59868)
Liasicus201.3 - 196.5Belgium (Luxembourg) Asterias sp. (40087)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Switzerland Dermaster boehmi (32036)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France Asterias ranvillensis (58932)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland Asteriidae indet. (61717)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Savignasterias villieri (61724)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Asteriidae indet. (61723)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Asteriidae indet. (59792 59793 59794 59795)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3France Asteriidae indet. (59796)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3France Asteriidae indet. (59582)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8France Asteriidae indet. (59798)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (California) Pegaster stichos (59865)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium (Liege) Asteriidae indet. (32147)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Asteriidae indet. (32022)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco Cretasterias reticulatus (145471)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Antarctica Sclerasterias zinsmeisteri (7296 81846)
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9Antarctica Sclerasterias zinsmeisteri (203488)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Argentina (Entre Rios) Asterias dugratii (13626)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (California) Asterias remondii (203557)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Massachusetts) Asterias stellionura, Asterias lincki (203613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Asterias forbesi (48886 66720)