钳棘目Forcipulatida)是海星纲下的一个目,包含3科49属。和真海星目的生物一样,钳棘目有非常明显的包含一个短柄和三个小骨的棘叉。二者的不同之处在于钳棘目的肢体更加粗壮。[1]

Forcipulatida
Asterias rubens
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 棘皮动物门 Echinodermata
纲: 海星纲 Asteroidea
亚纲: 钳棘亚纲 Forcipulatacea
目: 钳棘目 Forcipulatida

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分类

此目下一般分为三个科:[2]

世界海洋物种目录认为在上述科的基础上还应该增加:

参考文献

  1. ^ Barnes, Robert D. Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. 1982: 948. ISBN 0-03-056747-5. 
  2. ^ McKnight, D.G. (2006). Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 120: 1-187.

扩展阅读

  • Mah, C. & D. Foltz. (2011). Molecular Phylogeny of the Forcipulatacea (Asteroidea: Echinodermata): systematics and biogeography. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162(3): 646-660
  • Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876, Zoology 30(51): xlii + 893 pages 118 plates.