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Stelleroidea  Lamarck, 1816
Taxonomic Serial No.: 156858

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Class  
  Common Name(s): star fishes
 
    astéridés [French]
  
    star fishes [English]
  
  Valid Name: Asterozoa
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - other, see comments   
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

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  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
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  Reference for: astéridés[French]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Stelleroidea, star fishes   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Fell, F. Julian / Parker, Sybil P., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1982   
  Article/Chapter Title: Echinodermata   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms, vol. 2   
  Page(s): 785-813   
  Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-07-079031-0   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Stelleroidea   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Smith, Andrew B.   
  Publication Date: 1984   
  Article/Chapter Title: Classification of the Echinodermata   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Palaeontology, vol 27, pt. 3   
  Page(s): 431-459   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0031-0239   
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  Reference for: Stelleroidea   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: The classification of Echinodermata in Smith (1984) does not recognize Class Stelleroidea, though it is used in Fell in Parker (1982), containing Ophiuroidea, Asteroidea, and Somasteroidea  
 

 

    


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