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

Archasteridae Viguier, 1879

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Archaster Müller & Troschel, 1840

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: カスリモミジガイ科

Literature

original description

Viguier, C. (1879). Anatomie comparee du squelette des Stellerides. Archives de Zoologie Experimentale et generale. 7: 33-250.

basis of record

Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies. 4: 187-366.

additional source

Sukarno and M. Jangoux. (1977). Révision du genre Archaster Müller et Troschel (Echinodermata, Asteroidea: Archasteridae). Revue Zoologique Africaine (Bruxelles) 91: 817–844.

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Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Archasteridae Viguier, 1879. 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:152514

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2017-06-26 by Christopher Mah

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