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Oreasteridae  Fisher, 1911
Taxonomic Serial No.: 157041

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Pentaceros forcipulosus Lütken, 1865
  
    Pentaceros rugosus Hutton, 1872
  
    Pentaceropsis euphues Sluiter, 1895
  
  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 Bruguičre, 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  
                      OrderValvatida Perrier, 1884  
                         FamilyOreasteridae Fisher, 1911  
    Direct Children:  
                            GenusAcheronaster H. E. S. Clark, 1982  
                            GenusAnthaster Döderlein, 1915  
                            GenusAnthenea Gray, 1840  
                            GenusAstrosarkus Mah, 2003  
                            GenusBothriaster Döderlein, 1916  
                            GenusChoriaster Lütken, 1869  
                            GenusCulcita L. Agassiz, 1836  
                            GenusGoniodiscaster H. L. Clark, 1909  
                            GenusGymnanthenea H. L. Clark, 1938  
                            GenusHalityle Fisher, 1913  
                            GenusMonachaster Döderlein, 1916  
                            GenusNectriaster H. L. Clark, 1946  
                            GenusNidorellia Gray, 1840  
                            GenusOreaster Müller & Troschel, 1842  
                            GenusPentaceraster Döderlein, 1916  
                            GenusPentaster Döderlein, 1935  
                            GenusPoraster Döderlein, 1916  
                            GenusProtoreaster Döderlein, 1916  
                            GenusPseudanthenea Döderlein, 1915  
                            GenusPseudoreaster Verrill, 1899  
       

 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: Oreasteridae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Oreasteridae   
       
  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: Oreasteridae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  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: Oreasteridae   
       

 Geographic Information
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149871  
 

 

    


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