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Solasteridae  Viguier, 1878
Taxonomic Serial No.: 157062

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): sun stars [English]
  
       
  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  
                      OrderValvatida Perrier, 1884  
                         FamilySolasteridae Viguier, 1878 – sun stars  
    Direct Children:  
                            Genus Crossaster Müller & Troschel, 1840  
                            Genus Heterozonias Fisher, 1910  
                            Genus Laetmaster Fisher, 1908  
                            Genus Lophaster Verrill, 1878  
                            Genus Paralophaster Fisher, 1940  
                            Genus Rhipidaster Sladen, 1889  
                            Genus Seriaster Jangoux, 1984  
                            Genus Solaster Forbes, 1839  
                            Genus Xenorias Fisher, 1913  
       

 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: Solasteridae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Solasteridae   
       
  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: Solasteridae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Clark, Ailsa M. / Jangoux, Michel, and John M. Lawrence, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1996   
  Article/Chapter Title: An index of names of recent Asteroidea, Part 3: Velatida and Spinulosida   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Echinoderm Studies, vol. 5   
  Page(s): 183-246   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 90-5410-639-5, 0168-6100  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Solasteridae   
       

 Geographic Information
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123143  
    Author incorrectly cited in a previous version of ITIS as Perrier, 1884  
 

 

    

 
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