Asterina (Asterinidae)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Leptognathina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Spinulosida Subordo: Leptognathina

Familia: Asterinidae
Genus: Asterina
Species: A. fimbriata – A. gibbosa - A. gracilispina – A. hoensonae – A. krausii – A. lorioli – A. martinbarriosi – A. pancerii – A. phylactica – A. pusilla – A. pygmaea – A. squamata – A. stellaris – A. stellifera – A. vicentae

Name

Asterina Nardo, 1834

Type species: Asterias gibbosa Pennant, 1777 by subsequent designation by Fisher, 1906.

Synonyms

Allopatiria Verrill, 1913 (synonymized by O'Loughlin & Waters 2004: 15).

References

Clark, H.E.S. & McKnight, D.G. 2001. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (sea-stars) order Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 117: 1–269. PDF Reference page. [p. 164]
Ely, C.A. 1942. Shallow water Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 176: 1–63. Hathitrust. Reference page. [as Asterina p. 25–26]
Fisher, W.K. 1911. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 76(1): xiii+420 pp.; 122 pls. BHL Reference page. [as Asterina p. 254]
O’Loughlin, P.M. 2002. New genus and species of southern Australian and Pacific Asterinidae (Echinodermata, Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 59(2): 277–296. DOI: 10.24199/J.MMV.2002.59.2 Reference page. [as Asterina p. 278]
O'Loughlin, P.M. 2009: New asterinid species from Africa and Australia (Echinodermata: Asteroidea:Asterinidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 66 (2): 203–213. Full article: [1].
O’Loughlin, P.M. & Waters, J.M. 2004. A molecular and morphological revision of genera of Asterinidae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61: 1–40. BHL DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2004.61.1 Full article (PDF). Reference page. [as Asterina p. 15–16]
López-Márquez, V., Acevedo I., Manjón-Cabeza E., García-Jiménez R., Templado J., and Machordom, A. (2018). Looking for morphological evidence of cryptic species in Asterina Nardo, 1834 (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). The redescription of Asterina pancerii (Gasco, 1870) and the description of two new species. Invertebrate Systematics. 32:505-523.
Sladen, W.P. 1889. Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 Part 51, Zoology 30: i–xlii, 1–893. BHL Reference page. [as Asterina p. 388–392]