IRMNG - Acanthasteridae Sladen, 1889

IRMNG taxon details

Acanthasteridae Sladen, 1889

IRMNG_ID

110027 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:110027)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Spinulosida

Direct children (2)

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Genus Acanthaster Gervais, 1841
Genus Echinities Müller & Troschel, 1844 accepted as Acanthaster Gervais, 1841 (A junior homonym of Echinites Gesner 1758; Leske 1778 (Echiniodea) according to Sladen (1889))

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Acanthasteridae Sladen, 1889. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110027 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

[taxonomic tree] [list species]

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

extant flag source Parker 82, PaleoDB [details]

From other sources

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Spinulosida (Order) > Acanthasteridae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Echinoderms, marine (characteristics of phylum) (Parker) [details]

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