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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:  
                            GenusCrossaster Müller & Troschel, 1840  
                            GenusHeterozonias Fisher, 1910  
                            GenusLaetmaster Fisher, 1908  
                            GenusLophaster Verrill, 1878  
                            GenusParalophaster Fisher, 1940  
                            GenusRhipidaster Sladen, 1889  
                            GenusSeriaster Jangoux, 1984  
                            GenusSolaster Forbes, 1839  
                            GenusXenorias 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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