Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Eleutherozoa
Superclassis: Asterozoa
Classis: Asteroidea
Ordo: Spinulosida
Subordo: Leptognathina
Familia: Asterinidae
Genus: Anseropoda
Synonyms (2): Anceropoda – Chenopoda
Species (15): A. antarctica – A. aotearoa – A. diaphana – A. fisheri – A. grandis – A. habracantha – A. insignis – A. lobiancoi – A. ludovici – A. macropora – A. novemradiata – A. pellucida – A. petaloides – A. placenta – A. tenuis
[Source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist]
Check (1): A. rosacea
Name
Anseropoda Nardo, 1834
Type species: Asterias placenta Pennant, 1777 by subsequent designation by Bell, 1891
Synonyms
Asteriscus Müller & Troschel, 1842
References
Primary references
O’Loughlin, P.M. & Waters, J.M., 2004: A molecular and morphological revision of genera of Asterinidae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 61 (1): 1–40. Full article: [1].
Nardo 1834: Isis (Oken), 1834, 716.
Additional references
Müller, J.P. & Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Braunschweig, Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls. BHL Reference page. [see page 39 as Asteriscus, original description]
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