Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Superorder Valvatacea > Order Valvatida > Family Solasteridae > Genus Solaster

Solaster endeca (Linnaeus, 1771)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

SolasterForbes, 1839accepted genus name

Species group names

Asterias alboverrucosa Brandt, 1835 synonym
Asterias aspera O.F. Müller, 1776 synonym
Asterias endeca Linnaeus, 1771 synonym
Asterias rumphii Parelius, 1768 synonym
Solaster endeca decemradiata Sladen, 1889 synonym
Solaster galaxides Verrill, 1909 synonym
Solaster intermedius Sluiter, 1895 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Bokmål (Norwegian): glattsolstjerne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: negenvoeter sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.
 English: purple sun star sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English-United States: Purple Sun Star sources: Charles Hussey
 German: gelber Sonnenstern sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee
 Norwegian: glattsolstjerne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: glattsolstjerne sources: Mantissa Plantarum. Appendix: Regni animalis: 543.
 Norwegian Nynorsk: glattsolstjerne sources: Mantissa Plantarum. Appendix: Regni animalis: 543.
 Nynorsk (Norwegian): glattsolstjerne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: gul solsjöstjärna

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

Gosner, 1977

additional source

Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.

additional source

Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.

additional source

Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.

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

ITIS database

additional source

Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp.

additional source

Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

additional source

North East Atlantic Taxa

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (269 publications)
Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (9 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Solaster endeca (Linnaeus, 1771). 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:124160

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2008-01-24 by Christopher Mah

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