Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Echinodermata - (Class) Asteroidea - (Order) Forcipulatida - (Family) Asteriidae

Original position

Mollusca (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Asteriidae (Family) Gray, 1840

Subsequent entries

Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Asteriidae (Family) Gray, 1840

Ref: H.G. Hansson, 2001: 342.

Alternative positions

Mollusca (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1098.

Historical positions

Asteriidae (Family) Gray, 1840	Ref: H.G. Hansson, 2001: 342.
Asteroidea (Class) Blainville, 1830	Ref: C. Nielsen, 1995
Forcipulatida (Order) Perrier, 1884	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Echinodermata (Phylum) Bruguière, 1789	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 230. [rough position]
Asteriidae (Family) Gray, 1840	Ref: F.J. Fell, 1982: 800.
Mollusca (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1098.
Mollusca (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 644, 661. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[13s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[13s]