Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Subclass Ambuloasteroidea > Infraclass Neoasteroidea > Superorder Forcipulatacea > Order Forcipulatida > Family Asteriidae > Genus Asterias

Asterias amurensis Lutken, 1871

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Asterias*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name
*Asterias amurensis*	Lutken, 1871	taxonomically included in
*Asterias forbesi*	(Desor, 1848)	taxonomically included in
*Asterias rubens*	Linnaeus, 1758	taxonomically included in
*Allasterias*	Verrill, 1909	synonym
*Asteracanthion*	Müller & Troschel, 1840	synonym
*Asteracanthium*	Brandt, 1851	synonym
*Parasterias*	Verrill, 1914	synonym
*Stellonia*	Nardo, 1834	synonym
*Uraster*	L. Agassiz, 1836	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Flat-bottomed star; Japanese common starfish; Northern Pacific seastar; Purple-orange star sources: Volvenko, I. V.; Orlov, A. M.; Gebruk, A. V.; Katugin, O. N.; Ogorodnikova, A. A.; Vinogradov, G. M.; Maznikova, O. A. (2019). Checklist of the trawl macrofauna from the North Pacific and adjacent seas with information about fishery importance, potential product yield, and price range, supplement to: Volvenko, Igor V; Orlov, Alexei M; Gebruk, Andrey V; Katugin, Oleg N; Ogorodnikova, Alla A; Vinogradov, Georgy M; Maznikova, Olga A (in prep.): Trawl macrofauna of the Far-Eastern Seas and North Pacific: proportion of commercial species, potential product yield, and price rang. Earth System Science Data. PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science.

Japanese: マヒトデ／キヒトデ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Russian: Амурская обыкновенная морская звезда

Literature

original description	Lütken, C. (1871). Fortasatte kritiske og beskrivende Bidrag til Kundskab om Sostjernerne (Asteriderne). Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening. 1871: 227-304.
basis of record	Clark, A. M.; Mah, C. (2001). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 4. Forcipulatida and Brisingida. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies. 6: 229-347.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Asterias amurensis Lutken, 1871. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254497