IRMNG - Myxasteridae Perrier, 1885

IRMNG taxon details

Myxasteridae Perrier, 1885

IRMNG_ID

119894 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:119894)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Velatida

Synonymised names

Pythonasteridae Perrier, 1893 · unaccepted

Direct children (4)

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Genus Asthenactis Fisher, 1906
Genus Heligmaster Mah, 2022
Genus Myxaster Perrier, 1894
Genus Pythonaster Sladen in Thomson & Murray, 1885

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Treated as family Pythonasteridae in Parker, 1982

Taxonomic remark Treated as family Pythonasteridae in Parker, 1982 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Myxasteridae Perrier, 1885. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119894 on 2024-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-03-12 23:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

[taxonomic tree] [list species]

basis of record WoRMS (Mar 2012) [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2012) [details]

extant flag source as per Pythonasteridae [details]

habitat flag source as per Pythonasteridae [details]

From other sources

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Velatida (Order) > Myxasteridae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Echinoderms, marine (characteristics of phylum) (Parker) [details]

Taxonomic remark Treated as family Pythonasteridae in Parker, 1982 [details]

To WoRMS (from synonym Pythonasteridae Perrier, 1893)
To WoRMS