Myxasteridae

Familia:
Genera (3): Asthenactis – Heligmaster – Myxaster – Pythonaster

Myxasteridae Perrier, 1885

• Type genus: Myxaster Perrier, 1885

• Myxasterinae Perrier, 1894
• Pythonasteridae Sladen, 1889
• Pythonasterinae Sladen, 1889

• Perrier, E. 1885a. Sur les Stellérides recueillis durant la mission du Talisman. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences. 101: 884–887. BHL. Reference page. 

• Mah, C.L. 2020. New species, occurrence records and observations of predation by deep-sea Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from the North Atlantic by NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. Zootaxa. 4766(2): 201-260. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4766.2.1 Reference page.  [p. 243]
• Mah, C.L. 2024a. New Goniasteridae and in situ observations significant to deep-sea coral predation. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 83: 1–35. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2024.83.01 . Reference page.  [as Myxasteridae p. 30]
• Mah, C.L., Mercier, A., Hamel, J.-F. Nizinski, M. 2012. Range extensions and taxonomic notes on Atlantic Myxasteridae (Velatida; Asteroidea). Zootaxa 3572: 55–62. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3572.1.7 Reference page. 
• McKnight, D.G. 2006. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Asteroidea (sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 120: 1–187. PDF Reference page.  [as Myxasteridae p. 25]

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