Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Subclass Ambuloasteroidea > Infraclass Neoasteroidea > Superorder Forcipulatacea > Order Brisingida

Brisingidae G.O. Sars, 1875

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Brisinga Asbjørnsen, 1856
Colpaster Sladen, 1889
Freyellaster Fisher, 1918
Hymenodiscus Perrier, 1884

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: シワウデボソヒトデ科

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1875). On Some Remarkable Forms of Animal Life From the Great Deeps off the Norwegian Coast. II. Researches on the Structure and Affinity of the genus Brisinga Based on the study of a New Species, Brisinga coronata. Christiania: Christiana University. 112pp.7 plates.
basis 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.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp.
additional source	Downey, M. E. (1986). Revision of the Atlantic Brisingida (Echinodermata:Asteroidea), with description of a new genus and family. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. (435): 1-57.
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. NIWA Biodiversity Memoir. 120: 1-187.
identification resource	Downey, M. E. (1986). Revision of the Atlantic Brisingida (Echinodermata:Asteroidea), with description of a new genus and family. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. (435): 1-57.

Genbank

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Brisingidae G.O. Sars, 1875. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123119