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Astropectinidae
| Description | The Astropectinidae are a family of sea stars in the order Paxillosida. Usually, these starfish live on the seabed and immerse themselves in soft sediment such as sand and mud. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astropectinidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Paxillosida : Astropectinidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Astropectinidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6: 175-184. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Kamsjöstjärnor, モミジガイ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astropectinidae |
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Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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 Advenaster ✝genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Aldebarania ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Astrocratis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Astromesites genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Astropecten genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 31 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Astropectinidae genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 165 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Astropectinides genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Bathybiaster genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Blakiaster genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Bollonaster genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Bunodaster genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Coulonia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Craspidaster genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ctenophoraster genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 17 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Ctenopleura genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dipsacaster genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Dytaster genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Eokainaster ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Lambertella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Leptychaster genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Lonchotaster genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Lophidiaster ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 27 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
| Macroptychaster genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mimastrella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Patagiaster genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pentasteria ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 24 | 182 Ma Early Jurassic | 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Persephonaster genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Plesiastropecten ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 182 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Plutonaster genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Proserpinaster genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Prothrissacanthias ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Psilaster genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Riedaster ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Tethyaster genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 174 Ma Middle Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Thrissacanthias genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tritonaster genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trophodiscus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Bathybiater loripes species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Plutonasteridae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Paxillosida : Plutonasteridae |
| Asteropectinidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Paxillosida : Asteropectinidae |
References
| Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Clark, Ailsa M. / Jangoux, Michel, and John M. Lawrence, eds., 1989: An index of names of recent Asteroidea, Part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida. Echinoderm Studies, vol. 3. 225-347. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Clark, Ailsa M., and Maureen E. Downey, 1992: null. Starfishes of the Atlantic. xxvi + 794. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas |
| WoRMS (2013) Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas |
| Hansson, G, Samuelsson, Cedhagen & Strand (2013) Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna. Tagghudingar–svalgsträngsdjur. Echinodermata– Hemichordata. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas |
| Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6: 175-184. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Doderlein, L. (1917). Die Asteriden der Siboga-Expedition. 1. Die Gattung Astropecten und ihre Stammesgeschichte. Siboga-Expedition. 46a: 1-190. - via World Register of Marine Species |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
