Asteroidea

From Palaeos

<==Asteroidea [Asteromorpha, Phanerozonida, Pustulosida]
   |  i. s.: Petraster Billings 1858
   |           |--*P. rigidus (Billings 1857) [=Palasterina rigidus]
   |           |--P. ramseyensis [=Uranaster ramseyensis]
   |           |--P. speciosus (Miller 1880) [=Palasterina speciosa]
   |           `--P. wigleyi Branstrator 1982
   |         Staurandasteridae
   |         Hystrigaster
   |         Palasteriscus
   |         Lathanaster
   |         Palaeaster exculptus
   |         Promopalaeaster Schuchert 1915
   |         Monaster Etheridge 1892 [Monasteridae]
   |           `--*M. clarkei (de Koninck 1878)
   |         Fandasterias Blake 1995 [Fandasteridae]
   |           `--*F. facetus Blake 1995
   |         Xenaster Simonovitsch 1871
   |           `--X. margaritatus Simonovitsch 1871
   |         Jaekelaster Stürtz 1899
   |         Schlueteraster Lehmann 1957
   |         Acanthaster planci
   |         Bathybiaster vexillifer
   |         Brisinga endecacnemos
   |         Brisingella coronata
   |         Ceramaster granularis
   |         Ctenodiscus crispatus
   |         Diplopteraster multipes
   |         Hippasteria
   |           |--H. leiopelta
   |           `--H. phrygiana
   |         Hymenaster pellucidus
   |         Korethraster hispidus
   |         Leptychaster arcticus
   |         Odinia pandina
   |         Palmipes membranaceus
   |         Peltaster nidarosiensis
   |         Pontaster tenuispinus
   |         Poraniomorpha
   |           |--P. hispida
   |           `--P. tumida
   |         Psilaster andromeda
   |         Pteraster
   |           |--P. militaris
   |           |--P. obscurus
   |           |--P. pulvillus
   |           `--P. tesselatus
   |         Stichastrella rosea
   |         Rhenaster Schöndorf 1909
   |           `--R. schwerdi Schöndorf 1909
   |         Palasterina McCoy 1854
   |         Uranaster Gregory 1899
   |           `--U. kinahani (Baily 1878)
   |         Pycnopodia heliathoides
   |         Linckia guildingi
   |         Staturanderaster [incl. Gasterometra Gislén 1925]
   |           `--‘*Gasterometra’ polycirra Gislén 1925
   |         Siluraster caractaci
   |         Asterodiscus truncatus
   |--Platanaster [Platyasterida]
   `--+--Urasterellidae
      |    |--Salteraster Stürtz 1893
      |    `--Urasterella
      `--+--+--Neopalaeasteridae
         |  `--Ambuloasteroidea
         `--+--Devonaster Schuchert 1914
            `--Hudsonaster Stürtz 1900 [incl. Protopalaeaster Hudson 1912]
                 |--H. narraywayi (Hudson 1912)
                 `--H. rugosus (Billings 1857)

* Type species of generic name indicated

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