Database details
| Full name: | WoRMS Asteroidea: World Asteroidea Database NEW! |
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| Short name: | WoRMS Asteroidea |
| Version: | Oct 2011 |
| Release date: | 2011-10-17 |
| Authors/editors: | Mah C.L. |
| Taxonomic coverage: | Animalia - Echinodermata - Asteroidea |
| English name of the group: | Starfish or sea stars |
| Number of species: | 1,855 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: | 228 |
| Number of synonyms: | 2,537 |
| Number of common names: | 81 |
| Total number of names: | 4,701 |
| Abstract: | The core of the World Asteroidea Database (WAD) is derived from the "Asteroid Names List" developed primarily by Ailsa M. Clark. However the WAD is complimented by numerous other echinoderm compendia (e.g., Clark & Downey's Starfishes of the Atlantic, Rowe & Gate's Zoological Catalogue of Australia, etc) and will eventually include all subsequent taxonomic changes and newly described taxa. Data have been contributed to the Catalogue of Life via the WoRMS, hosted by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ). |
| Organization: | National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA |
| Website: |
http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/ |