WoRMS taxon details
Echinasteridae Verrill, 1867
Metrodiridae Sladen, 1889 · unaccepted (Metrodira placed into...)
Metrodira placed into Echinasteridae by Blake (1980). Metrodiridae sunk into Echinasteridae.
Metrodirinae Sladen, 1889 · unaccepted
- Genus Aleutihenricia Clark & Jewett, 2010
- Genus Dictyaster Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891
- Genus Echinaster Müller & Troschel, 1840
- Genus Henricia Gray, 1840
- Genus Metrodira Gray, 1840
- Genus Odontohenricia Rowe & Albertson, 1988
- Genus Plectaster Sladen, 1889
- Genus Rhopiella Fisher, 1940
- Subfamily Acanthasterinae Sladen, 1889 accepted as Acanthasteridae
- Genus Cribella Agassiz, 1835 accepted as Henricia Gray, 1840 (synonym)
- Genus Cribrella Lütken, 1857 accepted as Henricia Gray, 1840 (synonym)
- Genus Cyllaster A.H. Clark, 1916 accepted as Henricia Gray, 1840 (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))
- Genus Echinaster Gray, 1840 accepted as Acanthaster Gervais, 1841
- Genus Henricides Verrill, 1914 accepted as Nepanthia Gray, 1840
- Genus Magdalenaster Koehler, 1907 accepted as Henricia Gray, 1840 (Synonym according to Mortensen (1927))
- Subfamily Mithrodiinae Viguier, 1878 accepted as Mithrodiidae Viguier, 1878
- Genus Othilia Gray, 1840 accepted as Echinaster (Othilia) Gray, 1840 represented as Echinaster Müller & Troschel, 1840 (Subgenus of Echinaster Muller & Troschel, 1840)
- Genus Rhopia Gray, 1840 accepted as Echinaster Müller & Troschel, 1840 (Synonym according to Fisher (1919))
- Genus Scaphaster de Loriol, 1899 accepted as Metrodira Gray, 1840 (Synonym according to Fisher (1919).)
- Genus Spinohenricia Heding, 1935 accepted as Henricia Gray, 1840 (Synonym according to Madsen (1987))
- Genus Thyraster Ives, 1890 accepted as Echinaster Müller & Troschel, 1840 (Synonym according to Downey (1973).)
- Subfamily Valvasterinae Viguier, 1879 accepted as Valvasteridae Viguier, 1879 accepted as Asteropseidae Hotchkiss & Clark, 1976
- Genus Verrillaster Downey, 1973 accepted as Echinaster Müller & Troschel, 1840 (synonym according to Tortonese & Downey (1977).)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Verrill, A.E. (1867). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 3. On the geographical distribution of the echinoderms of the West coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1(2): 323-351., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380258#page/91/mode/1up
page(s): 343; note: Note that date for this citation varies in the literature and sometimes is represented as 1870 due to problems with the date citations in the original publication. [details]
page(s): 343; note: Note that date for this citation varies in the literature and sometimes is represented as 1870 due to problems with the date citations in the original publication. [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Echinasteridae Verrill, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123132 on 2025-07-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Verrill, A.E. (1867). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 3. On the geographical distribution of the echinoderms of the West coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1(2): 323-351., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380258#page/91/mode/1up
page(s): 343; note: Note that date for this citation varies in the literature and sometimes is represented as 1870 due to problems with the date citations in the original publication. [details]
original description (of Metrodiridae Sladen, 1889) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 415 [details]
original description (of Metrodirinae Sladen, 1889) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 415 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 343; note: Note that date for this citation varies in the literature and sometimes is represented as 1870 due to problems with the date citations in the original publication. [details]
original description (of Metrodiridae Sladen, 1889) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 415 [details]
original description (of Metrodirinae Sladen, 1889) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 415 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Rowe, F. W. E. and E. L. Albertson.(1986)The echinoderm genus <i>Henricia</i> Gray, 1840 (Asteroidea: Echinasteridae) in southern and southeastern Australian waters, with the description of a new species Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 109(3): 183-194, available online at http://biostor.org/reference/86291 [details]
identification resource Madsen, F.J. (1987). The <i>Henricia sanguinolenta</i> complex (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) of the Norwegian Sea and adjacent waters. A re-evaluation, with notes on related species. Steenstrupia 13(5): 201-268. [details]
identification resource Madsen, F.J. (1987). The <i>Henricia sanguinolenta</i> complex (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) of the Norwegian Sea and adjacent waters. A re-evaluation, with notes on related species. Steenstrupia 13(5): 201-268. [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Solís-Marín, F. A.; Alvarado, J. J.; Abreu-Pérez, M.; Aguilera, O.; Alió, J.; Bacallado-Aránega, J. J.; Barraza, E.; Benavides-Serrato, M.; Benítez-Villalobos, F.; Betancourt-Fernández, L.; Borges, M.; Brandt, M.; Brogger, M. I.; Borrero-Pérez, G. H.; Buitrón-Sánchez, E.; Campos, L. S.; Cantera, J.; Clemente, S.; Cohen-Renjifo, M.; Coppard, S.; Costa-Lotufo, L. V.; del Valle-García, R.; Díaz, Y.; Díaz de Vivar, M. E.; Díaz-Martínez, J. P.; Durán-González, A.; Epherra, L.; Escolar, M.; Francisco, V.; Freire, C. A.; García-Arrarás, E.; Gil, D. G.; Guarderas, P.; Hadel, V. F.; Hearn, A.; Hernández, J. C.; Hernández-Delgado, E. A.; Herrera-Moreno, A.; Herrero-Pérezrul, M. D.; Hooker, Y.; Honey-Escandón, M. B. I.; Lodeiros, C.; Luzuriaga, M.; Manso, C. L. C.; Martín, A.; Martinez, M. I.; Martínez, S.; Moro-Abad; Mutschke, E.; Navarro, J. C.; Neira, R.; Noriega, N.; Palleiro-Nayar, J. S.; Pérez, A. F.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Prieto-Rios, E.; Reyes, J.; Rodríguez, R.; Rubilar, T.; Sancho-Mejía, T.; Sangil, C.; Silva, J. R. M. C.; Sonnenholzner, J. I.; Ventura, C. R.; Tablado, A.; Tavares, Y.; Tiago, C. G.; Tuya, F.;Williams, S. M. (2013). Appendix. <em>In: J. J. Alvarado & F. A. Solís-Marín (eds), Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America.</em> pp. 471-510. Springer; Berlin & Heidelberg. page(s): 543-654. [details]
additional source Clark, A. M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 3. Velatida and Spinulosida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 5: 183-250. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clark, A. M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 3. Velatida and Spinulosida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 5: 183-250. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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