Asteriidae

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Asteriidae
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Recent
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Leptasterias hexactis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Forcipulatida
Family: Asteriidae
Gray, 1840 [1]
Type species
Asterias rubens
Linnaeus, 1758
Diversity
39 genera, see text

The Asteriidae are a diverse family of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the order Forcipulatida. It is one of three families in the order Forcipulatida.

The oldest unambiguous fossils of the family date to the Late Cretaceous. [2]

Genera

Pacific sea star, Asterias amurensis Hai Xing (Fan Mian ).JPG
Pacific sea star, Asterias amurensis

The World Register of Marine Species lists these genera within the family Asteriidae (in a field of 6 families): [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Mah, Christopher (2023). "Asteriidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  2. Fau, Marine; Wright, David F.; Ewin, Timothy A. M.; Gale, Andrew S.; Villier, Loïc (2024-10-31). "Phylogenetic and taxonomic revisions of Jurassic sea stars support a delayed evolutionary origin of the Asteriidae". PeerJ. 12: e18169. doi: 10.7717/peerj.18169 . ISSN   2167-8359. PMC   11531740 .