Record Details

Scientific Name:
Asteroidea

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom:
Animalia
Rank:
Subphylum
Synonym(s):
Concentricycloidea
Common Name(s):
estrela do mar [Portuguese]
étoiles de mer [French]
stelléridés [French]
sea stars [unspecified]
starfishes [unspecified]
sea stars [English]
starfishes [English]

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing:
valid

Data Quality Indicators

Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness:
partial
Currency Rating:
2013

Taxonomic Hierarchy

- up to the kingdom

Kingdom
Animalia
Subkingdom
Bilateria
Infrakingdom
Deuterostomia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Subphylum
Asterozoa

- down one level

Order
Goniactinida
Order
Platyasterida
Order
Paxillosida
Order
Valvatida
Order
Spinulosida
Order
Forcipulatida
Order
Brisingida
Order
Notomyotida
Order
Peripoda

References

Expert(s):
Other Sources:
website: <a href="http://www.cbif.gc.ca/itisca/">ITIS*<sup>ca</sup></a>;
website: <a href="http://www.cria.org.br/">CRIA-Brazil</a>;
database: NODC Taxonomic Code;
document: ITIS & Species 2000 Catalogue of Life Management Hierarchy; M. Ruggiero & D. Gordon, eds. 2013. Consensus Management Hierarchy for the ITIS & Species2000 Catalogue of Life. Contributors: Nicolas Bailly, Thierry Bourgoin, Richard Brusca, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Daphne Fautin, Dennis Gordon, Gerald Guala, Michael Guiry, Paul Kirk, Elliot Lefkowitz, David Mabberly, David Maddison, Alan Paton, Michael Ruggiero, Peter Stevens, and Brian Tyndall
References:
Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca 2002-01-01. Invertebrates, Second Edition. Sinauer Associates, Inc.. Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA. xx + 936. 0-87893-097-3. .
Clark, Ailsa M., and Maureen E. Downey 1992-01-01. Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman and Hall. New York, New York, USA. xxvi + 794. 0-412-43280-3. .

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