Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Subclass Ambuloasteroidea > Infraclass Neoasteroidea > Superorder Valvatacea > Order Valvatida > Family Asterinidae > Genus Asterina

Asterina phylactica Emson & Crump, 1979

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Asterina*	Nardo, 1834	accepted genus name
*Allopatiria*	Verrill, 1913	synonym

Literature

original description	Emson, R.G. and Crump, R.H. (1979). Description of a new species of Asterina (Asteroidea), with an account of its ecology. Journal of the Marine Biology Association of the United Kingdom 59: 77-94, 1 pl. 8 figs.
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	Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp.
additional source	Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.).

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Asterina phylactica Emson & Crump, 1979. 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:123990