Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Superorder Valvatacea > Order Valvatida

Solasteridae Viguier, 1878

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Crossaster Müller & Troschel, 1840
Lophaster Verrill, 1878
Solaster Forbes, 1839

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: zonnesterren sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: sun stars sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: sun stars sources: Charles Hussey

Swedish: solsjöstjärnor

Literature

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
new combination reference	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	Fisher, W.K. (1911). Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the US National Museum, 76: xiii+420 pp.122 pls.

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Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Solasteridae Viguier, 1878. 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:123143