Asterias

Asterias rubens

Asterias rubens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Forcipulatida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Forcipulatida

Familia: Asteriidae
Genus: Asterias
Species: A. amurensis – A. argonauta – A. forbesi – †A. impressae – †A. longassula – A. microdiscus – †A. minutissima – †A. prisca – †A. propinqua – †A. quinqueloba – A. rathbuni – A. rollestoni – A. rubens – †A. spongiosa – A. versicolor

Name

Asterias Linnaeus, 1758

Type species: Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymy

• Asterias Linnaeus, 1758: 661; — Perrier, 1875: 20, 35, 38–40; — Sladen, 1889: 560–567; — Fisher, 1923b: 598–599; 1930: 5–6.
• Stellonia Nardo, 1834: 716.
  • Type species: Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation by Fisher (1913: 194).
  • Synonymised by Perrier (1875: 38).
  • Synonymised by Fisher (1913: 194).
• Uraster L. Agassiz, 1836: 191.
  • Subtitute name for Stellonia Nardo, 1834.
  • Synonymised by Fisher (1930: 5).
• Asteracanthion Müller & Troschel, 1840: 320; 1842: 14; — Lütken, 1857: 27–28.
  • Type species: Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758.
  • Synonymised by Perrier (1875: 20, 39).
• Asteracanthium Brandt, 1851: 27.
  • Unjustified emendation of Asteracanthion Müller & Troschel, 1840.
• Allasterias Verrill, 1909: 65.
  • Type species: Allasterias rathbuni Verrill, 1909, by original designation.
  • Synonymised by Fisher (1913b: 598).
  • Synonymised by Fisher (1930: 6).
• Parasterias Verrill, 1914: 53, 187.
  • Type species: Parasterias albertensis Verrill, 1914 , by original designation.
  • Synonymised by Fisher (1913b: 598).
  • Synonymised by Fisher (1930: 6).

References

• Agassiz, J.L.R. 1836. Prodrome d'une Monographie des Radiaires ou Echinodermes. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchâtel. 1[1835]: 168-199. BHL. Reference page. 
• Brandt, J.F. 1851. Bemerkungen uber die Asteriden und Echiniden Ochtskischen, Kamtschatischen und Behringschen Meeres. Reise in den äussersten Norden und Osten Sibiriens. 2(1): 27–34. BHL. Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1913. A new species of Echinaster, with a note on the name Othilia. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 42: 193–196. BHL. Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1923b. LXII.—A preliminary synopsis of the Asteriidæ, a family of sea-stars (concluded). Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Series 9 12(71): 595-607. DOI: 10.1080/00222932308632982 Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1930. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 3: Forcipulata (Concluded). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 76(3): 1-356. DOI: 10.5479/si.03629236.76.3 BHL Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 
• Lütken, C.F. 1857. Oversigt over Grönlands Echinodermata samt over denne Dyreklasses geographiske og bathymetriske Udbredningsforhold. Thesis: Fakultet ved Kjöbenhavns Universitet. 1–109. BHL Reference page. 
• Müller, J.P. & Troschel, F.H. 1840. Ueber die Gattungen der Asterien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 6: 318–326. BHL Reference page. 
• Müller, J.P. & Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Braunschweig, Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Nardo, G.D. 1834. De Asteriis. Isis, Encyclopaedische Zeitschrift 27: 716–717. BHL Reference page. 
• Perrier, E. 1875. Révision de la collection de Stellérides du museum d'histoire naturelle de Paris: 1-384 Hathitrust Google books Reference page. 
• Sladen, W.P. 1889. Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 Part 51, Zoology 30: i–xlii, 1–893. BHL Reference page. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1909. Descriptions of new genera and species of starfishes from the North Pacific coast of America. American Journal of Science. 28: 59-70. BHL Reference page. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1914. Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Smithsonian Institution - Harriman Alaska Series. 14(Part I): 408pp; 14(Part II): 110 plates. Part I, Part II. Reference page.