Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Superorder Forcipulatacea > Order Forcipulatida > Family Asteriidae > Genus Asterias

Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AsteriasLinnaeus, 1758accepted 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

Species group names

Asterias clathrata Pennant, 1777 synonym
Asterias holsatica Retzius, 1805 synonym
Asterias minuta Linnaeus, 1761 synonym
Asterias rubens violacea O.F. Müller, 1776 synonym
Asterias spinosa Say, 1825 synonym
Asterias vulgaris Verrill, 1866 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: gewone zeester; zeester sources: Eneman, E. (1984). Uit het Natuurhistorisch Archief [From the Natural History Archive]. De Strandvlo 4(1): 4-17;Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.
 English: common sea star; common starfish 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.
 Finnish: Punameritähti
 French: astérie boréale commune; étoile de mer; étoile de mer commune sources: Chabot, R. & Rossignol, A. 2003. Algues et faune du littoral du Saint-Laurent maritime: Guide d'identification. Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski, Rimouski; Pêches et Océans Canada (Institut Maurice-Lamontagne), Mont-Joli. 113 pages.;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.;Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf
 German: gemeiner Seestern 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 Bokmål: vanlig korstroll sources: Sysema Naturae, ed. 10: 661.
 Norwegian Nynorsk: vanleg krosstroll sources: Sysema Naturae, ed. 10: 661.
 Spanish, Castillian: estrella de mar
 Swedish: vanlig sjöstjärna

Literature

original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.

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

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

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

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

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.

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Taxonomy

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External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (510 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Barcode of Life (23 barcodes)
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Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758. 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:123776

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2011-09-27 by Christopher Mah

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