Archaster

Archaster
	Common sea star (Archaster typicus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Valvatida
Family:	Archasteridae; Viguier, 1878 [1]
Genus:	Archaster; Müller & Troschel, 1840
Genera
	See text

Archasteridae is a family of starfish found in shallow waters in the tropical Indo-Pacific region. The genus Astropus, previously included in this family, is now included in the genus Archaster with the single species, Astropus longipes (Gray, 1840), being accepted as Archaster lorioli Sukarno & Jangoux, 1977.

The only genus in the family is now Archaster as three subfamilies have now been raised to family status:[1]

Subfamily Benthopectininae accepted as Benthopectinidae
Subfamily Pararchasterinae accepted as Benthopectinidae
Subfamily Plutonasterinae accepted as Astropectinidae

Species

The following species are listed by the World Register of Marine Species:[2]

Archaster angulatus Müller & Troschel, 1842
Archaster lorioli Sukarno & Jangoux, 1977
Archaster typicus Müller & Troschel, 1840

References

Mah, Christopher (2010). Mah CL (ed.). "Archasteridae". World Asteroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-04-08.
Mah, Christopher (2010). Mah CL (ed.). "Archaster Müller & Troschel, 1840". World Asteroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-04-08.

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[WoRMS-1] Mah, Christopher (2010). Mah CL (ed.). "Archasteridae". World Asteroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-04-08.

[2] Mah, Christopher (2010). Mah CL (ed.). "Archaster Müller & Troschel, 1840". World Asteroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-04-08.