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

Coscinasterias tenuispina (Lamarck, 1816)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Asterias Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Coscinasterias*	Verrill, 1867	accepted genus name
*Asterias (Stolasterias)*	Sladen, 1889	synonym
*Lytaster*	Perrier, 1894	synonym
*Stolasterias*	Sladen, 1889	synonym

Species group names

*Asterias (Stolasterias) tenuispina*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym
*Asterias atlantica*	Verrill, 1868	synonym
*Asterias savaresi*	Delle Chiaje, 1827	synonym
*Lytaster inaequalis*	Perrier, 1894	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: estrella d'espines primes sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

English: blue spiny starfish

French: étoile de mer épineuse

German: Dornenstern Blauwestekelster

Italian: stella marina spinosa minore; stella marina variabile; stella pungente minore

Spanish, Castillian: estrella de espinas finas; estrella espinosa azul

Literature

basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351.
additional source	Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp.
additional source	Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S.

Genbank

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Coscinasterias tenuispina (Lamarck, 1816). 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:123795