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

Valvatacea Blake, 1987

Rank: Superorder
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Notomyotida Ludwig, 1910
Paxillosida Perrier, 1884
Valvatida Perrier, 1884

Literature

original description

Blake, D. B. (1987). A classification and phylogeny of post-Palaeozoic sea stars (Asteroidea: Echinodermata). Journal of Natural History. 21(2): 481-528.

status source

Mah, C.; Foltz, D. (2011). Molecular phylogeny of the Valvatacea (Asteroidea: Echinodermata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 161(4): 769-788.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Valvatacea. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=582528

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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

2022-02-10 by Christopher Mah

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