ChildrenMyxaster Perrier, 1885 Pythonaster Sladen in Thomson & Murray, 1885
Literaturebasis of record | Clark, A.M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 3. Velatida and Spinulosida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies, 5: pp. 183-250 | additional source | Clark, A.M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 3. Velatida and Spinulosida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies, 5: pp. 183-250 | additional source | Fisher, W.K. (1906). The starfishes of the Hawaiian islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 23: 987-1130. | additional source | Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876, Zoology 30(51): xlii + 893 pages 118 plates. | additional source | 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. | additional source | Alton, M.S. (1966).A new sea-star from the northeastern Pacific Ocean, Asthenactis fisheri n. sp., with a review of the family Myxasteridae.Deep-Sea Research 13: 687-697 | identification resource | Mah CL, Mercier A, Hamel J-P, and Nizinski M. (2012) Distribution Data and Taxonomic Notes on Atlantic Myxasteridae. Zootaxa 3572: 55-62. | identification resource | Downey, M.E. (1979). Pythonaster pacificus n. sp., a new starfish of the family Myxasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 92: 70-74. |
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CitationMah, C. (2014). Myxasteridae Perrier, 1885. 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:123141Image
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Environment marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial
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