Stichasteridae (Mah & Foltz, 2011)

Mah, Christopher L., 2024, Two New Taxa of Goniasteridae (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) and Noteworthy Observations of Deep-Sea Asteroidea by the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer in the North and Tropical Atlantic, Zootaxa 5432 (4), pp. 461-508 : 462

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5432.4.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:83AD2C59-8FC8-43AA-9576-68C34B88FE51
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10928221
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FD09D342-4838-FFE7-FF77-FCC9FAE5436C
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Stichasteridae
status

Treatment

Stichasteridae View in CoL

Perrier 1885: 885; 1885 b: 15; Sladen 1889: 430; Mortensen 1927: 133; Mah & Foltz 2011b: 652 (reinstated) Neomorphasteridae Fisher 1923: 250 ; 1928: 56 (key); 1930: 211; Spencer & Wright 1966: U 77.

Comments

Although Neomorphaster margaritaceus is a familiar North Atlantic species, this is the first taxonomic accounting of Neomorphaster since it has been returned to the Stichasteridae following molecular phylogenetic revisions ( Mah & Foltz 2011b). This differs from Ringvold & Anderson (2016) which cited occurrence from the Faroe Islands. Clark & Downey (1992) cited it as a member of Fisher’s Neomorphasteridae , a name which has since been synonymized following reinstatement of the Stichasteridae ( Mah & Foltz 2011b) .

The eastern Atlantic Stichastrella is also a member of the Stichasteridae present in the northern hemisphere.