The Asteriidae are a diverse family of Asteroidea (sea stars) in the order Forcipulatida. It is one of three families in the order Forcipulatida.
| Asteriidae Temporal range:
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| Leptasterias hexactis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Forcipulatida |
| Family: | Asteriidae Gray, 1840 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
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| Diversity | |
| 39 genera, see text | |
The oldest unambiguous fossils of the family date to the Late Cretaceous.[2]
Genera
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The World Register of Marine Species lists these genera within the family Asteriidae (in a field of 6 families):[1]
- Adelasterias Verrill, 1914
- Anasterias Perrier, 1875
- Aphanasterias Fisher, 1923
- Aphelasterias Fisher, 1923
- Asterias Linnaeus, 1758
- Astrometis Fisher, 1923
- Astrostole Fisher, 1923
- Caimanaster A.M. Clark, 1962
- Calasterias Hayashi, 1975
- Coronaster Perrier, 1885
- Coscinasterias Verrill, 1867
- Cryptasterias Verrill, 1914
- Diplasterias Perrier, 1891
- Distolasterias Perrier, 1896
- Evasterias Verrill, 1914
- Icasterias Fisher, 1923
- Kenrickaster A.M. Clark, 1962
- Leptasterias Verrill, 1866
- Lethasterias Fisher, 1923
- Lysasterias Fisher, 1908
- Lysastrosoma Fisher, 1922
- Marthasterias Jullien, 1878
- Meyenaster Verrill, 1913
- Notasterias Koehler, 1911
- Orthasterias Verrill, 1914
- Perissasterias H.L. Clark, 1923
- Pycnopodia Stimpson, 1862
- Pisaster Müller and Troschel, 1840
- Plazaster Fisher, 1941
- Psalidaster Fisher, 1940
- Rathbunaster Fisher, 1906
- Saliasterias Koehler, 1920
- Sclerasterias Perrier, 1891
- Stephanasterias Verrill, 1871
- Stylasterias Verrill, 1914
- Taranuiaster McKnight, 1973
- Tarsastrocles Fisher, 1923
- Urasterias Verrill, 1909
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References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Asteriidae.
- ^ a b Mah, Christopher (2023). "Asteriidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ Fau, Marine; Wright, David F.; Ewin, Timothy A. M.; Gale, Andrew S.; Villier, Loïc (2024-10-31). "Phylogenetic and taxonomic revisions of Jurassic sea stars support a delayed evolutionary origin of the Asteriidae". PeerJ. 12: e18169. doi:10.7717/peerj.18169. ISSN 2167-8359.
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