World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Lütken, C. (1871). Fortasatte kritiske og beskrivende Bidrag til Kundskab om Sostjernerne (Asteriderne). Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening. 1871: 227-304., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35853627
page(s): 296 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Asterias amurensis Lutken, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254497 on 2025-07-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-12-17 11:39:20Z

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Huettmann, Falk

2008-12-29 07:51:57Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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Nomenclature

original description Lütken, C. (1871). Fortasatte kritiske og beskrivende Bidrag til Kundskab om Sostjernerne (Asteriderne). Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening. 1871: 227-304., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35853627
page(s): 296 [details]

original description (of Allasterias migrata Sladen, 1879) Sladen, W.P. (1879). On the Asteroidea and Echinoidea of the Korean Seas. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 14: 424-445, pl. 8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31858509
page(s): 432 [details]

original description (of Parasterias albertensis Verrill, 1914) Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 187 [details]

original description (of Asterias acervispinis Djakonov, 1950) Djakonov, A.M. (1950 (1968 translation)). Starfish of the Soviet Union [Sea stars (Asteroids) of the USSR Seas.]. Tableaux analytiques de la faune de l'URSS. 34: 1-203, 23 pls. (183 pp in translated version).
page(s): 111 (in 1968 translation) [details]

original description (of Asterias rubens var. migratum Sladen, 1879) Sladen, W.P. (1879). On the Asteroidea and Echinoidea of the Korean Seas. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 14: 424-445, pl. 8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31858509
page(s): 432 [details]

original description (of Asterias pectinata Brandt, 1835) Brandt, J. F. (1835). Prodromus descriptionis Animalium ab H. Mertensio in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione observatorum, Petropooli. Fasc. I: 203-275., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10765514
page(s): 270 [details]

original description (of Allasterias rathbuni var. nortonensis Verrill, 1909 †) Verrill, A.E. (1909). Description of new genera and species of starfishes from the North Pacific coast of America. American Journal of Science 28: 59-70., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40247723
page(s): 66 [details]

original description (of Asterias amurensis f. flabellifera Djakonov, 1950) Djakonov, A.M. (1950 (1968 translation)). Starfish of the Soviet Union [Sea stars (Asteroids) of the USSR Seas.]. Tableaux analytiques de la faune de l'URSS. 34: 1-203, 23 pls. (183 pp in translated version).
page(s): 111 [details]

original description (of Asterias amurensis f. latissima Djakonov, 1950) Djakonov, A.M. (1950 (1968 translation)). Starfish of the Soviet Union [Sea stars (Asteroids) of the USSR Seas.]. Tableaux analytiques de la faune de l'URSS. 34: 1-203, 23 pls. (183 pp in translated version).
page(s): 111 [details]

original description (of Asterias amurensis f. acervispinis Djakonov, 1950) Djakonov, A.M. (1950 (1968 translation)). Starfish of the Soviet Union [Sea stars (Asteroids) of the USSR Seas.]. Tableaux analytiques de la faune de l'URSS. 34: 1-203, 23 pls. (183 pp in translated version).
page(s): 111 [details]

original description (of Asterias amurensis f. gracilispinis Djakonov, 1950) Djakonov, A.M. (1950 (1968 translation)). Starfish of the Soviet Union [Sea stars (Asteroids) of the USSR Seas.]. Tableaux analytiques de la faune de l'URSS. 34: 1-203, 23 pls. (183 pp in translated version).
page(s): 111 [details]

original description (of Asteracanthion rubens var. migratum Doderlein, 1879) Sladen, W.P. (1879). On the Asteroidea and Echinoidea of the Korean Seas. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 14: 424-445, pl. 8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31858509
page(s): 432 [details]

basis of record Clark, A. M.; Mah, C. (2001). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 4. Forcipulatida and Brisingida. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies. 6: 229-347. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

context source (Introduced species) Molnar, J.L., R.L. Gamboa, C. Revenga & M.D. Spalding. (2008). Assessing the global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 6(9): 485-492., available online at https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationPractices/Marine/Pages/marineinvasives.aspx [details] Available for editors

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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From regional or thematic species database

Introduced species abundance Australian part of the Tasman Sea (Marine Region) : Dominant [details]

Introduced species impact in Australia (Nation) : Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]

Introduced species impact Australian part of the Tasman Sea (Marine Region) Consumes native species (predator or herbivore) [details]

Introduced species management Australian part of the Tasman Sea (Marine Region) : Yes [details]

Introduced species population trend Australian part of the Tasman Sea (Marine Region) : Increasing [details]

Introduced species remark Australian part of the Bass Strait (Marine Region) Consequently, if laboratory and field feeding rates are similar, Coscinasterias would be expected to exert significant control over Asterias populations at depths shallower than 15 m, and augmenting Coscinasterias populations at sites of new Asterias infestations may help eliminate newly established populations. [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal Australian part of the Tasman Sea (Marine Region) Ships: accidental with ballast water, sea water systems, live wells or other deck basins [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
English	Purple-orange starNorthern Pacific seastarJapanese common starfishFlat-bottomed star	[details]
Japanese	マヒトデ	[details]
Russian	Амурская обыкновенная морская звезда	[details]

To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Asterias amurensis)
To GenBank (63556 nucleotides; 273 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To PESI
To The Arctic Traits Database (33 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (177 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 009795.EC) (from synonym Allasterias rathbuni var. nortonensis Verrill, 1909 †)
To ITIS

From editor or global species database

Asterias amurensis

Unreviewed

To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 009795.EC)

Hosted externally, from synonym