Echinasteridae

Echinaster sepositus

Echinaster sepositus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Leptognathina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Spinulosida Subordo: Leptognathina

Familia: Echinasteridae
Genera (8 + †1): Aleutihenricia – Dictyaster – Echinaster – Henricia – †Menerbesaster – Metrodira – Odontohenricia – Plectaster – Rhopiella

• In synonymy (9): Cribella – Cyllaster – Henricides – Othilia – Rhopia – Scaphaster – Spinohenricia – Thyraster – Verrillaster
  

Name

Echinasteridae Verrill, 1867

• Type genus: Echinaster sepositus Müller & Troschel, 1840.

Synonymy

• Echinasteridae Verrill, 1867: 343; — Sladen, 1889: 535–536; — Fisher, 1911: 258–260; — A.M. Clark, 1962: 36–38; — McKnight, 2006: 27; — Clark & Jewett, 2010: 33–34; — Mah et al., 2026: 129.
• Metrodirinae Sladen, 1889: 398, 415
  • Type genus: Metrodira Gray, 1840.
  • Originally a sybfamily of Linckiidae.
• Metrodiridae Sladen, 1889

References

• Clark, A.M. 1962. Asteroidea. Reports. B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929-1931. Series B (Zoology and botany). 9: 1–104. PDF Reference page. 
• Clark, R.N., Jewett, S.C. 2010. A new genus and thirteen new species of sea stars (Asteroidea: Echinasteridae) from the Aleutian Island Archipelago. Zootaxa. 2571: 1–36. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2571.1.1 Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Mah, C.L., Gomez, O., Wilson, N.G. & Richards, Z.T., 2026. New taxa of Mesophotic Asteroidea from Ashmore Reef, Western Australia. Megataxa 19(1): 114–175. DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.19.1.2 . Reference page. 
• McKnight, D.G. 2006. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Asteroidea (sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 120: 1–187. PDF Reference page. 
• Sladen, 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. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1867. Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 3. On the geographical distribution of the echinoderms of the West coast of America. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1(2): 323-351. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Echinasteridae Verrill, 1867 in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on July 16, 2026

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