MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Sphaerasteridae Schöndorf, 1906 †

Asteroidea taxon details

Sphaerasteridae Schöndorf, 1906 †

AphiaID

123139 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123139)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Valvatida

Direct children (9)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Genus Bulbosphaeraster Gale, 2021 †
Genus Echinosphaeraster Gale, 2021 †
Genus Eosphaeraster Gale, 2021 †
Genus Pouzaster Gale, 2021 †
Genus Rugosphaeraster Gale, 2021 †
Genus Sphaeraster Quenstedt, 1876 †
Genus Testudinaster Hess, 1983 †
Genus Valettaster Lambert, 1914 †
Genus Tholaster Spencer, 1914 † accepted as Valettaster Lambert, 1914 † (preoccupied )

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Schöndorf, F. (1906). Das genus Sphaeraster und seine Beziehungen zu rezenten Seesternen. Jahrbucher des Nassauischen Vereins fur Naturkunde, Wiesbaden. 59: 251-256., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5443687
page(s): 251 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Sphaerasteridae Schöndorf, 1906 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123139 on 2024-05-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2005-07-28 06:51:10Z

changed

Braeckman, Ulrike

2008-01-19 09:31:50Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree] [list species]

original description Schöndorf, F. (1906). Das genus Sphaeraster und seine Beziehungen zu rezenten Seesternen. Jahrbucher des Nassauischen Vereins fur Naturkunde, Wiesbaden. 59: 251-256., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5443687
page(s): 251 [details]

basis of record 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. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Fujita, T. and F.W.E. Rowe. (2002). Podospherasteridae fam. Nov. (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Valvatida) with a new species, Podospheraster toyoshiomaruae from Southern Japan. Species Diversity 7: 317-332., available online at http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110002344116/en [details]

additional source Blake, D.B. (1984). Constructional Morphology and life habits of the Jurassic sea star Sphaeraster Quenstedt. Neue Jahrbuecher fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie. Abhandlungen. 169(1): 74-101 [details]

additional source Gale, A. S. (2021). Taxonomy and phylogeny of the 'football stars' (Asteroidea, Sphaerasteridae). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 19(10): 691-741., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2021.1960911 [details]

From editor or global species database

Classification The genus Podosphaeraster Clark & Wright was originally placed into the Sphaerasteridae, which had previously only included Jurassic fossil forms. Subsequent study of the morphology of both organisms has led to the formation of a new family for Podosphaeraster (see Fujita & Rowe, 2002) leaving only fossil forms in the Sphaerasteridae. [details]

To ITIS