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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Asterinidae Gray 1840
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Asterinidae
Recognized by Egypt Species List, IABIN, Moorea Biocode, Angola Species List, Australia Species List, Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, Chile Species List, China Species List, Christmas Island Species List, Croatia Species List, Cyprus Species List, Ecuador Species List, Falkland Islands Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, France Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Greece Species List, Guam Species List, Guernsey Species List, Ireland Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Italy Species List, Madagascar Species List, Mariana Islands Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, Mauritius Species List, Namibia Species List, New Zealand Species List, Norfolk Island Species List, Palau Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Philippines Species List, Portugal Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Seychelles Species List, Singapore Species List, Solomon Islands Species List, South Korea Species List, South Africa Species List, Switzerland Species List, Taiwan Species List, The Bahamas Species List, Tunisia Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Uruguay Species List, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, Cuba Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Arctic Ocean Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Bristol Channel Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Ceram Sea Species List- duplicate, Coral Sea Species List, English Channel Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Gulf of Aden Species List, Gulf of Alaska Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Gulf of Suez Species List, Gulf of Tomini Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Indian Ocean Species List, Ionian Sea Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Java Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Makassar Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Molukka Sea Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, Persian Gulf Species List, Red Sea Species List, Rio de la Plata Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Seto Inland Sea Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, South China Sea Species List, Strait of Gibraltar Species List, Yellow Sea Species List, Tyrrhenian Sea Species List, Sulu Sea Species List, Southern Ocean Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, Gulf of Oman Species List, Furui 2020, Ceram Sea Species List, Adriatic Sea Species List, Aegean Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, United States Species List, Hotchkiss 2000, Brusca and Brusca, 2003, and ecology literature
Asterinopsis Verrill 1913

Alternative Names

Anseropodidae Fisher 1906
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Palmepedinae Sladen 1889
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Asteriscus calcaratus Valenciennes
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
? mazetieri Mercier, 1935
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Anseropodidae Fisher 1906
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Asterinopsis Verrill 1913
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ctenaster L. Agassiz 1836
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Desmopatiria Verrill 1913
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Palmepedinae Sladen 1889
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Socomia Gray 1840
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

cushion stars preferred

Hebrew

כוכבוניים preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

イトマキヒトデ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020

Navajo; Navaho

Sǫʼ łóóʼ ashdlaʼgóó adeezʼáhí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azb

آسترینیده preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Asterinidae Gray 1840

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Echinodermata
Asterozoa
Asteroidea
Ambuloasteroidea Blake & Hagdorn 2003

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Echinodermata
Asteroidea
Valvatida
Asterinidae (this page)