original description
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 [details]
original description
(of Platasteriidae Caso, 1945) Caso, M.E. (1945). Modificacion de la Familia Luidiidae Verrill. Las subfamilias nuevas de la familia Luidiidae y observaciores acerda de <i>Platasterias latiradiata</i>. <em>Sobretiro de los Anales del Instituto de Biologia.</em> XVI (2): 459-473., available online at http://rediberoamericanaequinodermos.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Caso-754.pdf
page(s): 461 [details]
original description
(of Platasterinae Caso, 1945) Caso, M.E. (1945). Modificacion de la Familia Luidiidae Verrill. Las subfamilias nuevas de la familia Luidiidae y observaciores acerda de <i>Platasterias latiradiata</i>. <em>Sobretiro de los Anales del Instituto de Biologia.</em> XVI (2): 459-473., available online at http://rediberoamericanaequinodermos.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Caso-754.pdf
page(s): 461 [details]
taxonomy source
Clark, A. M. (1982). Notes on Atlantic Asteroidea.2. Luidiidae. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). (Zoology).</em> 42: 157-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2273904 [details]
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]
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]
additional source
Clark, A. M. (1953). Notes on asteroids in the British Museum (Natural History). III. Luidia. IV. Tosia and Pentagonaster. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology.</em> 1(12): 379-411. [details]
additional source
Clark, A. M. (1989). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 3: 225-347. (look up in IMIS) [details]
identification resource
Doderlein, L. (1920). die Asteriden der Siboga-Expedition. 2. Die Gattung <i>Luidia</i> und ihre Stammesgeschichte. Siboga Expedition 46: 193-291., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11718062 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Remark Platyasterida as used by Fell is a synonym of Luidiidae. Platyasterida is no longer in use. [details]