Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Superorder Valvatacea > Order Valvatida > Family Goniasteridae > Subfamily Hippasterinae > Genus Hippasteria

Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hippasteria*	Gray, 1840	accepted genus name
*Hippasteria (Nehippasteria)*	Dons, 1938	synonym

Species group names

*Asterias equestris*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Asterias johnstoni*	Gray, in Johnston, 1836	synonym
*Asterias phrygiana*	Parelius, 1768	synonym
*Astrogonium aculeatum*	Barrett, 1857	synonym
*Hippasteria insignis*	Dons, 1938	synonym

Children

Hippasteria phrygiana phrygiana (Parelius, 1768)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

German: knotiger Seestern sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Norwegian Bokmål: knuddersjøstjerne sources: K. norske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. 4: 425.

Norwegian Nynorsk: knuddersjøstjerne sources: K. norske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. 4: 425.

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

Swedish: hästsjöstjärna

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
basis of record	Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.)
additional source	Mah, C.L., D.G. McKnight, M.K. Eagle, D.L. Pawson, N. Ameziane, D.J. Vance, A.N. Baker, H.E.S. Clark, and N. Alcock. 2009. Phylum Echinodermata. In Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) The New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch; 371-400.
additional source	North East Atlantic Taxa
additional source	Gosner, 1977
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse, and G. Lamarche. 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	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

Genbank

External Links

Link Marine Life Information Network - UK
Link To GBIF

Citation

Mah, C.; Danis, B.; Hansson, H. (2012). Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768). In: Mah, C.L. (2012). World Asteroidea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124043