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Astropectinidae  Gray, 1840
Taxonomic Serial No.: 156882

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Priamasterinae Fisher, 1917
  
    Plutonasterinae Sladen, 1889
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2014   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumEchinodermata Bruguière, 1791 [ex Klein, 1734] – echinoderms, échinodermes, bolacha da praia, equinoderma, equinodermata, estrela do mar, ouriço do mar  
             SubphylumAsterozoa   
                ClassAsteroidea de Blainville, 1830 – étoiles de mer, stelléridés, estrela do mar, sea stars, starfishes, starfish, estrella de mar  
                   SuperorderValvatacea Blake, 1987  
                      OrderPaxillosida Perrier, 1884  
                         FamilyAstropectinidae Gray, 1840  
    Direct Children:  
                            GenusAstromesites Fisher, 1913  
                            GenusAstropecten Gray, 1840  
                            GenusAstropectinides Verrill, 1914  
                            GenusBathybiaster Danielssen & Koren, 1882  
                            GenusBlakiaster Perrier, 1881  
                            GenusBollonaster McKnight, 1977  
                            GenusBunodaster Verrill, 1909  
                            GenusCraspidaster Sladen, 1889  
                            GenusCtenophoraster Fisher, 1906  
                            GenusCtenopleura Fisher, 1913  
                            GenusDipsacaster Alcock, 1893  
                            GenusDytaster Sladen, 1889  
                            GenusKoremaster Fisher, 1913  
                            GenusLeptychaster E. A. Smith, 1876  
                            GenusLonchotaster Sladen, 1889  
                            GenusMacroptychaster H. E. S. Clark, 1963  
                            GenusMimastrella Fisher, 1916  
                            GenusPatagiaster Fisher, 1906  
                            GenusPersephonaster Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891  
                            GenusPlutonaster Sladen, 1889  
                            GenusProserpinaster Fell, 1963  
                            GenusPsilaster Sladen, 1885  
                            GenusTethyaster Sladen, 1889  
                            GenusThrissacanthias Fisher, 1910  
                            GenusTritonaster Fisher, 1906  
                            GenusTrophodiscus Fisher, 1917  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Christopher Mah   
  Notes: Research Collaborator, Department of Invertebrate Zoology (MRC163), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0163   
  Reference for: Astropectinidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Astropectinidae   
       
  Source: WoRMS - World Asteroidea Database, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2014   
  Notes: Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org   
  Reference for: Astropectinidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Clark, Ailsa M. / Jangoux, Michel, and John M. Lawrence, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1989   
  Article/Chapter Title: An index of names of recent Asteroidea, Part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Echinoderm Studies, vol. 3   
  Page(s): 225-347   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 90-6191-765-5, 0168-6100  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Astropectinidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Clark, Ailsa M., and Maureen E. Downey   
  Publication Date: 1992   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Starfishes of the Atlantic   
  Page(s): xxvi + 794   
  Publisher: Chapman and Hall   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-412-43280-3   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Astropectinidae   
       

 Geographic Information
       
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 Comments
       
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