Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > 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
*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 (+) (-)

Dutch: Noord-Atlantische zeester

Literature

original description	Lütken, C. (1871). Fortasatte kritiske og beskrivende Bidrag til Kundskab om Sostjernerne (Asteriderne) Videnskabelige Meddelelsefra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening 1871: 227-304.
basis of record	Clark, A.M.and Mah, C. (2001). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 4. Forcipulatida and Brisingida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (2001). Echinoderm Studies, 6: pp. 229-347

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications)
GenBank (76 nucleotides; 61 proteins)
Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Asterias amurensis Lutken, 1871. In: Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254497