The World Asteroidea Database - Asteracanthion rubens (Linnaeus, 1758)

Asteroidea name details

Asteracanthion rubens (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

179588 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:179588)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758

Rank

Species

Parent

Asteracanthion Müller & Troschel, 1840 accepted as Asterias Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758

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Variety Asteracanthion rubens var. migratum Doderlein, 1879 accepted as Asterias rubens var. migratum Sladen, 1879 accepted as Allasterias migrata Sladen, 1879 accepted as Asterias amurensis Lutken, 1871 (referred to A. amurensis by A.M. Clark due to "Korean Seas" locality)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 661 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Asteracanthion rubens (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=179588 on 2025-06-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-08-24 08:04:51Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2008-12-26 15:58:53Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2017-05-20 15:42:45Z

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Mah, Christopher

2023-12-26 21:16:31Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description (of Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 661 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Agassiz, A. (1866). On the embryology of Asteracanthion berylinus Ag. and a species allied to A. rubens M.T. A. pallidus, Ag. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. April 14, 6: 106-114 plus folding plate., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3097060 [details]

new combination reference Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. Vieweg: Braunschweig. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 17 [details]

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