Family BENTHOPECTINIDAE
Compiler and date details
July 2012 - Tim O’Hara, Museum Victoria
F.W.E. Rowe & J. Gates, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (1995) Updated (2001) by Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
Introduction
The cosmopolitan family Benthopectinidae comprises eight genera. Two of these are recorded in Australian waters, represented by seven species.
This family, the sole family in the order Notomyotida, is distinguished from other asteroids by the following combination of character states: disc small, arms long and slender; tube feet terminate in a disc; and infero- and supero-marginal plates alternate in position, not opposite, papulae confined to base of ray.
General References
Blake, D.B. 1987. A classification and phylogeny of post-Palaeozoic sea-stars (Asteroidea: Echinodermata). Journal of Natural History 21: 481-528
Clark, A.M. 1981. Notes on Atlantic and other Asteroidea. 1. Family Benthopectinidae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 41(3): 91-135 figs 1-5
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 04-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |