All Topics

Asterias

Asterias

	Email		Print
	Bookmark		Link

Asterias

Asterias is a genus

Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
of the Asteriidae

Asteriidae

Asteriidae is a family of Asteroidea in the order Forcipulatida....
family of sea star

Sea star

Sea stars, also known as starfish, are echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea. The names "sea star" and "starfish" are sometimes differentiated, with "starfish" used in a broader sense to include the closely related brittle stars, which make up the class Ophiuroidea, as well as excluding sea stars which do not have five ar...
s. It includes several of the best-known species of sea stars, including the (Atlantic) common starfish

Common starfish

The common sea star is the most common and familiar sea star in the north-east Atlantic. It has five arms and usually grows to between 10-30cm across, although larger specimens are known....
, Asterias rubens, and the northern Pacific seastar

Northern Pacific seastar

Asterias amurensis, commonly called the northern Pacific sea star, is an invasive species in Australia, and native to the coasts of northern China, North Korea, South Korea, Russia and Japan....
, Asterias amurensis.

Discussion

Ask a question about 'Asterias'

Start a new discussion about 'Asterias'

Answer questions from other users

Full Discussion Forum

Encyclopedia

Asterias is a genus

Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
of the Asteriidae

Asteriidae

Asteriidae is a family of Asteroidea in the order Forcipulatida....
family of sea star

Sea star

Sea stars, also known as starfish, are echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea. The names "sea star" and "starfish" are sometimes differentiated, with "starfish" used in a broader sense to include the closely related brittle stars, which make up the class Ophiuroidea, as well as excluding sea stars which do not have five ar...
s. It includes several of the best-known species of sea stars, including the (Atlantic) common starfish

Common starfish

The common sea star is the most common and familiar sea star in the north-east Atlantic. It has five arms and usually grows to between 10-30cm across, although larger specimens are known....
, Asterias rubens, and the northern Pacific seastar

Northern Pacific seastar

Asterias amurensis, commonly called the northern Pacific sea star, is an invasive species in Australia, and native to the coasts of northern China, North Korea, South Korea, Russia and Japan....
, Asterias amurensis.

Species

Asterias amurensis Lütken, 1871
Asterias forbesi
Asterias rathbuni
Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
Asterias tanneri
Asterias vulgaris

External links

by Thomas Say
Thomas Say

Thomas Say was an United States natural history, entomologist, malacologist and carcinologist. He was a taxonomist and is often considered to be the father of descriptive entomology in the United States and one of the founding fathers of the Entomological Society of America ....
(1825). Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia ; vol. 5, pt. 1