Stelleroidea Explained

Stelleroidea is a junior synonym of Asterozoa.^[1]

History

In 1900, Stelleroidea was included as a class in F. A. Bather's echinoderm taxonomy, which grouped Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea within it as subclasses due to their Paleozoic history. In 1966, the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology included Stelleroidea as the only class within the subphylum Asterozoa, with Somasteroidea, Asteroidea, and Ophiuroidea as subclasses. By a 1980 revision of the Treatises taxonomy, Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea had been promoted to classes in place of Stelleroidea.

References

Works cited

• Book: Bather . F. A. . Chapter VIII: General Description of the Echinoderma . Lankester . E. Ray . A Treatise on Zoology, Part III: The Echinoderma . London . Adam & Charles Black . 1900 . 1–37 . 10.1080/00222930008678384.
• Book: Spencer . W. K. . Wright . C. W. . Asterozoans . Moore . Raymond C. . Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part U: Echinodermata 3 . 1 . U5–U107 . University of Kansas Press . 1966 . 28 October 2024.
• Sprinkle . J. . An Overview of the Fossil Record . Notes for a Short Course: Studies in Geology . 3 . 15–26 . 1980 . 10.1017/S0271164800000063.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Asterozoa . The Paleobiology Database . November 5, 2024.