ChildrenAllopatiria Verrill, 1913 Anseropoda Nardo, 1834 Aquilonastra O'Loughlin in O'Loughlin & Waters, 2004 Asterina Nardo, 1834 Asterinides Verrill, 1913 Nepanthia Gray, 1840 Patiria Gray, 1840 Tremaster Verrill, 1880
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(-) English: cushion stars sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points English-United States: cushion stars Literaturebasis of record | Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351 | additional source | Clark, A.M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1993). Echinoderm Studies, 4: pp. 187-366 | additional source | Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. | additional source | O'Loughlin, P.M. and J.M. Waters. (2004). A molecular and morphological revision of genera of Asterinidae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61(1): 1-40. | status source | Mah, C.L. and D.W. Foltz. (2011). Molecular Phylogeny of the Valvatacea (Asteroidea, Echinodermata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 161: 769-788. | identification resource | O'Loughlin, P.M. and J.M. Waters. (2004). A molecular and morphological revision of genera of Asterinidae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61(1): 1-40. |
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CitationMah, C. (2014). Asterinidae Gray, 1840. In: Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123133Image![loading](images/ajax-loader.gif) no data
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Environment![](images/habitat/marine.png) ![](images/habitat/brackishnot.png) ![](images/habitat/freshnot.png) ![](images/habitat/terrestrialnot.png) marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial
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