Asteriidae
Also known as: Asteriid Sea Stars, Estrellas de mar, nätsjöstjärnor, trollsjöstjärnor, Астерииды, マヒトデ科, 불가사리과
Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Echinodermata |
| Class | Asteroidea |
| Order | Forcipulatida |
| Family | Asteriidae |
| Published in | Gray, J. E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 6: 175–184. https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=278664 |
| Habitat | MARINE |
| Genera | 46 |
| Species records held | 216 |
| Descendant taxa (GBIF) | 420 |
| GBIF key | 6009 |
Genera in Asteriidae
- Leptasterias — 46 species: Leptasterias aequalis, Leptasterias alaskensis, Leptasterias aleutica, Leptasterias arctica, Leptasterias asteira, Leptasterias austera, Leptasterias camtschatica, Leptasterias canuti
- Asterias — 44 species: Asterias acuminatus, Asterias adriatica, Asterias amurensis, Asterias antiqua, Asterias argonauta, Asterias asperula, Asterias bituminosa, Asterias calamaria
- Sclerasterias — 16 species: Sclerasterias alexandri, Sclerasterias contorta, Sclerasterias dubia, Sclerasterias eructans, Sclerasterias euplecta, Sclerasterias eustyla, Sclerasterias guernei, Sclerasterias heteropaes
- Anasterias — 14 species: Anasterias antarctica, Anasterias antipodum, Anasterias asterinoides, Anasterias directa, Anasterias laevigata, Anasterias mawsoni, Anasterias pedicellaris, Anasterias perrieri
- Lysasterias — 9 species: Lysasterias adeliae, Lysasterias belgicae, Lysasterias chirophora, Lysasterias digitata, Lysasterias hemiora, Lysasterias heteractis, Lysasterias joffrei, Lysasterias lactea
- Coronaster — 8 species: Coronaster briareus, Coronaster eclipes, Coronaster halicepus, Coronaster marchenus, Coronaster pauciporis, Coronaster reticulatus, Coronaster sakuranus, Coronaster volsellatus
- Diplasterias — 8 species: Diplasterias brandti, Diplasterias brucei, Diplasterias kerguelenensis, Diplasterias kerguelensis, Diplasterias meridionalis, Diplasterias octoradiata, Diplasterias radiata, Diplasterias spinosa
- Notasterias — 6 species: Notasterias armata, Notasterias bongraini, Notasterias candicans, Notasterias haswelli, Notasterias pedicellaris, Notasterias stolophora
- Astrostole — 5 species: Astrostole insularis, Astrostole multispina, Astrostole platei, Astrostole rodolphi, Astrostole scabra
- Distolasterias — 5 species: Distolasterias edmondi, Distolasterias elegans, Distolasterias nipon, Distolasterias robusta, Distolasterias stichantha
- Perissasterias — 5 species: Perissasterias heptactis, Perissasterias monacantha, Perissasterias monocantha, Perissasterias obtusispina, Perissasterias polyacantha
- Coscinasterias — 4 species: Coscinasterias acutispina, Coscinasterias calamaria, Coscinasterias muricata, Coscinasterias tenuispina
- Evasterias — 4 species: Evasterias derjungini, Evasterias echinosoma, Evasterias retifera, Evasterias troschelii
- Lethasterias — 4 species: Lethasterias acutispina, Lethasterias australis, Lethasterias fusca, Lethasterias nanimensis
- Pisaster — 3 species: Pisaster brevispinus, Pisaster giganteus, Pisaster ochraceus
- Aphelasterias — 2 species: Aphelasterias changfengyingi, Aphelasterias japonica
- Cryptasterias — 2 species: Cryptasterias brachiata, Cryptasterias turqueti
- Marthasterias — 2 species: Marthasterias africana, Marthasterias glacialis
- Psalidaster — 2 species: Psalidaster fisheri, Psalidaster mordax
- Adelasterias — 1 species: Adelasterias papillosa
- Aphanasterias — 1 species: Aphanasterias pycnopodia
- Astrometis — 1 species: Astrometis sertulifera
- Bernasconiaster — 1 species: Bernasconiaster pipi
- Caimanaster — 1 species: Caimanaster acutus
- Calasterias — 1 species:
- Cretasterias — 1 species:
- Dermaster — 1 species:
- Germanasterias — 1 species:
- Hystrixasterias — 1 species:
- Icasterias — 1 species:
- Kenrickaster — 1 species:
- Lysastrosoma — 1 species:
- Meyenaster — 1 species:
- Orthasterias — 1 species:
- Plazaster — 1 species:
- Polarasterias — 1 species:
- Pycnopodia — 1 species:
- Rathbunaster — 1 species:
- Saliasterias — 1 species:
- Savignasterias — 1 species:
- Stephanasterias — 1 species:
- Stolasterias — 1 species:
- Stylasterias — 1 species:
- Taranuiaster — 1 species:
- Tarsastrocles — 1 species:
- Urasterias — 1 species:
Source and Attribution
Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.