Asterodiscididae

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Asterodiscididae
Temporal range: recent
Asterodiscides japonicus by OpenCage.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Asteroidea
Order:
Family:
Asterodiscididae

Rowe, 1977 [1]
Genera
See text.

Asterodiscididae is a family of starfish. Members of the family have five short tapering arms and a wide disc. The family was first described by the Australian zoologist F.W.E. Rowe in 1977.[1]

Genera[]

The following genera are listed in the World Register of Marine Species:[1]

  • genus Verrill, 1868
    • Verrill, 1868 -- East pacific
  • genus Asterodiscides A. M. Clark, 1974
    • Rowe, 1977 -- Somalie
    • Lane & Rowe, 2009 -- Philippines
    • Rowe, 1985 -- Madagascar (south)
    • Rowe, 1985 -- Madagascar (north)
    • Rowe, 1977 -- Western Australia
    • (Gray, 1847) -- Indo-Pacific
    • Rowe, 1985 -- Madagascar (south)
    • Rowe, 1977 -- Western Australia
    • (Fisher, 1913) -- Philippines
    • Imaoka, Irimura, Okutani, Oguro, Oji & Kanazawa, 1991 -- Japan
    • Rowe, 1977 -- Somalia
    • Rowe, 1985 -- Western Australia
    • Rowe, 1985 -- North-East Australia
    • Rowe, 1977 -- Western Australia
    • Rowe, 1985 -- Western Australia
    • Rowe, 1977 -- Western Australia
    • Asterodiscides truncatus (Coleman, 1911) -- South-East Australia and New Zealand
    • (Fisher, 1906) -- Hawaii
  • fossile genus Blake & Portell, 2011
    • fossile Blake & Portell, 2011
  • genus Gray, 1840
    • Gray, 1840 -- Galapagos
  • genus Mah, 2021
    • (Ludwig, 1905) -- Costa Rica
  • genus Mah, 2021
    • Mah, 2021 -- Rapa Nui


References[]

  1. ^ a b c Asterodiscididae Rowe, 1977 World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 March 2018


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