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Goniasteridae  Forbes, 1841
Taxonomic Serial No.: 156987

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Pentopliidae H. E. S. Clark, 1971
  
  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  
                         FamilyGoniasteridae Forbes, 1841  
    Direct Children:  
                            GenusAnthenoides Perrier, 1881  
                            GenusApollonaster Halpern, 1970  
                            GenusAstroceramus Fisher, 1906  
                            GenusAstropatricia McKnight, 2006  
                            GenusAstrothauma Fisher, 1913  
                            GenusAtelorias Fisher, 1911  
                            GenusCalliaster Gray, 1840  
                            GenusCalliderma Gray, 1847  
                            GenusCeramaster Verrill, 1899  
                            GenusChitonaster Sladen, 1889  
                            GenusCirceaster Koehler, 1909  
                            GenusCladaster Verrill, 1899  
                            GenusDiplasiaster Halpern, 1970  
                            GenusEnigmaster McKnight & H. E. S. Clark, 1996  
                            GenusEratosaster Mah, 2011  
                            GenusFloriaster Downey, 1980  
                            GenusFromia Gray, 1840  
                            GenusGigantaster Döderlein, 1924  
                            GenusGlyphodiscus Fisher, 1917  
                            GenusGoniaster L. Agassiz, 1836  
                            GenusIconaster Sladen, 1889  
                            GenusJohannaster Koehler, 1909  
                            GenusKermitaster H. E. S. Clark, 2001  
                            GenusLithosoma Fisher, 1911  
                            GenusLitonotaster Verrill, 1899  
                            GenusLydiaster Koehler, 1909  
                            GenusMabahissaster Macan, 1938  
                            GenusMariaster A. H. Clark, 1916  
                            GenusMediaster Stimpson, 1857  
                            GenusMilteliphaster Alcock, 1893  
                            GenusNectria Gray, 1840  
                            GenusNeoferdina Livingstone, 1931  
                            GenusNotioceramus Fisher, 1940  
                            GenusNymphaster Sladen, 1889  
                            GenusOgmaster von Martens, 1865  
                            GenusPeltaster Verrill, 1899  
                            GenusPergamaster Koehler, 1920  
                            GenusPillsburiaster Halpern, 1970  
                            GenusPlinthaster Verrill, 1899  
                            GenusPontioceramus Fisher, 1911  
                            GenusProgoniaster Döderlein, 1924  
                            GenusPseudoceramaster Jangoux, 1981  
                            GenusPseudogoniodiscaster Livingstone, 1930  
                            GenusRosaster Perrier, 1894  
                            GenusSibogaster Döderlein, 1924  
                            GenusSiraster H. L. Clark, 1915  
                            GenusSphaeriodiscus Fisher, 1910  
                            GenusStellaster Gray, 1840  
                            GenusStellasteropsis Dollfus, 1936  
                            GenusStyphlaster H. L. Clark, 1938  
                            GenusTessellaster H. L. Clark, 1941  
                            SubfamilyHippasterinae   
                            SubfamilyPentagonasterinae Perrier, 1884  
       

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

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