WoRMS taxon details
Stichasteridae Perrier, 1885
Neomorphasteridae Fisher, 1923 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Genus Allostichaster Verrill, 1914
- Genus Cosmasterias Sladen, 1889
- Genus Granaster Perrier, 1894
- Genus Neomorphaster Sladen, 1889
- Genus Neosmilaster Fisher, 1930
- Genus Pseudechinaster H.E.S. Clark, 1962
- Genus Smilasterias Sladen, 1889
- Genus Stichaster Müller & Troschel, 1840
- Genus Stichastrella Verrill, 1914
- Genus Uniophora Gray, 1840
- Genus Tonia Gray, 1840 accepted as Stichaster Müller & Troschel, 1840 (synonym according to Sladen (1889))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Perrier, E. (1885). Sur les stellérides recueillis durant la mission du Talisman. <em>Comptes-rendus Hébdomadaires des Seances de l'Académie des Sciences (Paris).</em> 101: 884-887., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3694826
page(s): 885; note: Announcement for new family [details]
Perrier, E. (1885). Premiére note Préliminaire des les Echinodermes, recueillis durant les campagnes de dragages sous-marines du Travailleur et du Talisman. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Zoologie.</em> 22(8): 1-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36373538
page(s): 15; note: formal use [details]
page(s): 885; note: Announcement for new family [details]
Perrier, E. (1885). Premiére note Préliminaire des les Echinodermes, recueillis durant les campagnes de dragages sous-marines du Travailleur et du Talisman. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Zoologie.</em> 22(8): 1-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36373538
page(s): 15; note: formal use [details]
Taxonomy This family has recently found new support from molecular evidence by Mah and Fotlz (2011).
Taxonomy This family has recently found new support from molecular evidence by Mah and Fotlz (2011). [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Stichasteridae Perrier, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152515 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Perrier, E. (1885). Sur les stellérides recueillis durant la mission du Talisman. <em>Comptes-rendus Hébdomadaires des Seances de l'Académie des Sciences (Paris).</em> 101: 884-887., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3694826
page(s): 885; note: Announcement for new family [details]
original description Perrier, E. (1885). Premiére note Préliminaire des les Echinodermes, recueillis durant les campagnes de dragages sous-marines du Travailleur et du Talisman. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Zoologie.</em> 22(8): 1-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36373538
page(s): 15; note: formal use [details]
original description (of Neomorphasteridae Fisher, 1923) Fisher, W.K. (1923).A preliminary synopsis of the Asteriidae, a family of sea-stars. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12(9): 247-258 [details]
basis of record Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 885; note: Announcement for new family [details]
original description Perrier, E. (1885). Premiére note Préliminaire des les Echinodermes, recueillis durant les campagnes de dragages sous-marines du Travailleur et du Talisman. <em>Annales des sciences naturelles, Zoologie.</em> 22(8): 1-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36373538
page(s): 15; note: formal use [details]
original description (of Neomorphasteridae Fisher, 1923) Fisher, W.K. (1923).A preliminary synopsis of the Asteriidae, a family of sea-stars. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12(9): 247-258 [details]
basis of record Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]Identification resource
identification resource
Mah, C.; Foltz, D. (2011). Molecular phylogeny of the Forcipulatacea (Asteroidea: Echinodermata): systematics and biogeography. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 162(3): 646-660., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00688.x/abstract [details]
identification resource McKnight, D. G. (2006). The marine fauna of New Zealand, Echinodermata: Asteroidea (Sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 120: 1-187., available online at http://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/NIWAbm120.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource McKnight, D. G. (2006). The marine fauna of New Zealand, Echinodermata: Asteroidea (Sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 120: 1-187., available online at http://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/NIWAbm120.pdf [details] Available for editors
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context source (PeRMS)
Solís-Marín, F. A.; Alvarado, J. J.; Abreu-Pérez, M.; Aguilera, O.; Alió, J.; Bacallado-Aránega, J. J.; Barraza, E.; Benavides-Serrato, M.; Benítez-Villalobos, F.; Betancourt-Fernández, L.; Borges, M.; Brandt, M.; Brogger, M. I.; Borrero-Pérez, G. H.; Buitrón-Sánchez, E.; Campos, L. S.; Cantera, J.; Clemente, S.; Cohen-Renjifo, M.; Coppard, S.; Costa-Lotufo, L. V.; del Valle-García, R.; Díaz, Y.; Díaz de Vivar, M. E.; Díaz-Martínez, J. P.; Durán-González, A.; Epherra, L.; Escolar, M.; Francisco, V.; Freire, C. A.; García-Arrarás, E.; Gil, D. G.; Guarderas, P.; Hadel, V. F.; Hearn, A.; Hernández, J. C.; Hernández-Delgado, E. A.; Herrera-Moreno, A.; Herrero-Pérezrul, M. D.; Hooker, Y.; Honey-Escandón, M. B. I.; Lodeiros, C.; Luzuriaga, M.; Manso, C. L. C.; Martín, A.; Martinez, M. I.; Martínez, S.; Moro-Abad; Mutschke, E.; Navarro, J. C.; Neira, R.; Noriega, N.; Palleiro-Nayar, J. S.; Pérez, A. F.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Prieto-Rios, E.; Reyes, J.; Rodríguez, R.; Rubilar, T.; Sancho-Mejía, T.; Sangil, C.; Silva, J. R. M. C.; Sonnenholzner, J. I.; Ventura, C. R.; Tablado, A.; Tavares, Y.; Tiago, C. G.; Tuya, F.;Williams, S. M. (2013). Appendix. <em>In: J. J. Alvarado & F. A. Solís-Marín (eds), Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America.</em> pp. 471-510. Springer; Berlin & Heidelberg. page(s): 543-654. [details]
additional source Mah, C.; Foltz, D. (2011). Molecular phylogeny of the Forcipulatacea (Asteroidea: Echinodermata): systematics and biogeography. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 162(3): 646-660., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00688.x/abstract [details]
additional source Mah, C.; Foltz, D. (2011). Molecular phylogeny of the Forcipulatacea (Asteroidea: Echinodermata): systematics and biogeography. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 162(3): 646-660., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00688.x/abstract [details]
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Taxonomy This family has recently found new support from molecular evidence by Mah and Fotlz (2011). [details]
