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

Luidia ciliaris (Philippi, 1837)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Luidia*	Forbes, 1839	accepted genus name
*Astrella*	Perrier, in Milne-Edwards, 1882	synonym
*Hemicnemis*	Müller & Troschel, 1840	synonym
*Petalaster*	Gray, 1840	synonym

Species group names

*Asterias imperati*	Delle Chiaje, 1841	synonym
*Luidia fragilissima*	Forbes, 1839	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: sjuarmsjøstjerne sources: Archiv Naturgesch. 3: 194.

Norwegian Nynorsk: sjuarmsjøstjerne sources: Archiv Naturgesch. 3: 194.

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

Swedish: sjuarmad sprödstjärna

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	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

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (117 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Luidia ciliaris. 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:123920