Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Superorder Valvatacea > Order Paxillosida > Family Astropectinidae > Genus Astropecten

Astropecten irregularis (Pennant, 1777)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Astropecten*	Gray, 1840	accepted genus name
*Stellaria*	Nardo, 1834	later homonym
*Stellaria*	Nardo, 1834	synonym

Species group names

*Astropecten acicularis*	Norman, 1865	synonym
*Astropecten muelleri*	Müller & Troschel, 1844	synonym

Children

Astropecten irregularis irregularis (Pennant, 1777)
Astropecten irregularis pentacanthus (Delle Chiaje, 1827)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: ylli deti i rërave sources: DHORA, DH. 2008: Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bokmål (Norwegian): kamsjøstjerne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: kamster; kleine kamster 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.;Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

English: sand star sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

English-United States: Sand Star sources: Charles Hussey

French: étoile-peigne sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

German: nordischer Kammstern sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

Norwegian: kamsjøstjerne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: kamsjøstjerne sources: De Stellis Marinis: 27.

Norwegian Nynorsk: kamsjøstjerne sources: De Stellis Marinis: 27.

Nynorsk (Norwegian): kamsjøstjerne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: kamsjöstjärna

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	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	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	North East Atlantic Taxa

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (119 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Astropecten irregularis (Pennant, 1777). 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:123867