Asterodiscididae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Valvatida
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: Valvatida

Familia: Asterodiscididae
Genera (5 + 1†): Amphiaster – Asterodiscides – †Kionaster – Paulia – Pauliastra – Uokeaster

Name

Asterodiscididae Rowe, 1977

Type genus: Asterodiscides A.M. Clark, 1974 (by original designation)

References

Primary references

• Rowe, F.W.E. 1977: A new family of Asteroidea (Echinodermata), with the description of five new species and one new subspecies of Asterodiscides. Records of the Australian Museum 31(5): 187-233. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.31.1977.209 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Blake, D.B., Portell, R.W. 2010. Kionaster petersonae, n. gen. and sp. (Asteroidea), the first fossil occurrence of the Asterodiscididae, from the Miocene of Florida. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 130(1): 25–42. DOI: 10.1007/s13358-010-0005-0 Reference page.  [p. 35]
• 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. 141]
• Mah, C.L. 2021. The East Pacific/South Pacific Boundary: New taxa and occurrences from Rapa Nui (Easter Island), New Caledonia and adjacent regions. Zootaxa. 4980(3): 401–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4980.3.1 Reference page.  [p. 405–408]