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Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758

123776  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123776)

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Species
Asterias clathrata Pennant, 1777 · unaccepted (synonym)
Asterias distichum (Brandt, 1851) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Asterias fabricii Agassiz in Perrier, 1875 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Verrill (1895))
Asterias holsatica Bruzelius, 1805 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Sladen (1889))
Asterias minuta Linnaeus, 1761 · unaccepted (synonym according to Madsen (1987))
Asterias murrayi Bell, 1891 · unaccepted (synonym according to Mortensen (1927))
Asterias spinosa Say, 1825 · unaccepted (synonym according to Downey in...)  
synonym according to Downey in Clark & Downey (1992)
Asterias violacea O.F. Mueller, 1788 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))
Asterias vulgaris Verrill, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym according to Downey in...)  
synonym according to Downey in Clark & Downey (1992)
Uraster violaceus (O.F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))

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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 661 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Distribution Not recorded for Mediterranean  
Distribution Not recorded for Mediterranean [details]

Distribution Labrador to Cape Hatteras   
Distribution Labrador to Cape Hatteras  [details]

Distribution Lower shore to more than 200 m depth, on rock gravel and sand; very common all round the British Isles  
Distribution Lower shore to more than 200 m depth, on rock gravel and sand; very common all round the British Isles [details]
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123776 on 2024-10-05
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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 661 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

original description  (of Asterias clathrata Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 61 [details]   

original description  (of Asterias holsatica Bruzelius, 1805) Bruzelius, N. (1805). Dissertatio sistens species cognitas asteriarum, quamr. sub praesidio A.J. Retzii. exhibet N. Bruzelius. 1-37. Lundae (formerly know as Retzius, R.J.)., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN634528459
page(s): 22 [details]   

original description  (of Asterias minuta Linnaeus, 1761) Linnaeus, C. (1761). Fauna Suecica sistens Animalia Sueciae Regni: Distributa per Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Natalium, Descriptionibus insectorum. <em>Editio altera, auctior. Stockholmiae, Stockhom, Sweden.</em> 48:1-578. [Copepoda Monoculus, :497-499]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100333 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Asterias vulgaris Verrill, 1866) Verrill AE. (1866). On the Polyps and Echinoderms of New England, with Descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 10: 333-364., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492315
page(s): 347 [details]   

original description  (of Asteracanthion violaceus (O.F. Muller, 1788)) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 16 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Asteracanthium distichum Brandt, 1851) Brandt, J.F. (1851). Bemerkungen uber die Asteriden und Echiniden Ochtskischen, Kamtschatischen und Behringschen Meeres. <em>A. Th. v. Middendorff, Reise in den aussersten Norden and Osten Sibiriens, etc.,.</em> vol. 2, pt. 1; Echinodermen, Ddr. F. Brandt und E. Grube pp. 27-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37047739
page(s): 31 [details]   

original description  (of Asterias spinosa Say, 1825) Say, T. (1825). On the species of the Linnaean genus <i>Asterias</i> inhabiting the coast of the U.S. <em>Journal of the Academy of natural sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 5, 141-154., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24657187
page(s): 142 [details]   

original description  (of Asterias attenuata Bell, 1891) Bell, F.J. (1891). <i>Asterias rubens</i> and the British species allied thereto. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6 ser. 7: 469-479., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25164950
page(s): 477 [details]   

original description  (of Asterias fabricii Agassiz in Perrier, 1875) Perrier, E. (1875). Révision de la collection de stellérides du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Paris, Reinwald. 384 p., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107304818&view=1up&seq=338
page(s): 56 [details]   

original description  (of Asterias murrayi Bell, 1891) Bell, F.J. (1891). <i>Asterias rubens</i> and the British species allied thereto. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6 ser. 7: 469-479., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25164950
page(s): 478 [details]   

original description  (of Asterias (Leptasterias) stimpsoni Verrill, 1866) Verrill AE. (1866). On the Polyps and Echinoderms of New England, with Descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 10: 333-364., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492315
page(s): 349 [details]   

original description  (of Asterias rubens var. attenuata Bell, 1891) Bell, F.J. (1891). <i>Asterias rubens</i> and the British species allied thereto. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6 ser. 7: 469-479., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25164950
page(s): 477 [details]   

context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]   

context source (BeRMS 2020) Marine Biology Section, Ugent. Belgium. INRAM. Benthic fauna monitoring- SSD - Belgian Science Policy., available online at http://www.vliz.be/projects/inram/imers.php. [details]   

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. <i>Synopses of the British fauna (new series)</i>, 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]   

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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]   

additional source Zenetos, A.; Gofas, S.; Verlaque, M.; Cinar, M.; Garcia Raso, J.; Bianchi, C.; Morri, C.; Azzurro, E.; Bilecenoglu, M.; Froglia, C.; Siokou, I.; Violanti, D.; Sfriso, A.; San Martin, G.; Giangrande, A.; Katagan, T.; Ballesteros, E.; Ramos-Espla, A.; Mastrototaro, F.; Ocana, O.; Zingone, A.; Gambi, M.; Streftaris, N. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf
page(s): 313 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Zenetos, A.; Meriç, E.; Verlaque, M.; Galli, P.; Boudouresque, C.-F.; Giangrande, A.; Cinar, M.; Bilecenoglu, M. (2008). Additions to the annotated list of marine alien biota in the Mediterranean with special emphasis on Foraminifera and Parasites. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 9(1): 119-165., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.146 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species impact in Turkish part of the Black Sea (Marine Region) : Loss of aquaculture/commercial/recreational harvest or gain [details]

Introduced species impact in Turkish part of the Black Sea (Marine Region) : Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Bosporus (Strait) : Shipping [details]

Unverified
Breeding Planktonic bipinnaria and brachilaria larva. Summer [details]

Distribution Not recorded for Mediterranean [details]

Distribution Labrador to Cape Hatteras  [details]

Distribution Lower shore to more than 200 m depth, on rock gravel and sand; very common all round the British Isles [details]

Habitat intertidal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
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Dutch zeestergewone zeester  [details]
English common starfishcommon sea star  [details]
Finnish Punameritähti  [details]
French étoile de mer communeétoile de merastérie boréale communeastérie  [details]
German gemeiner Seestern  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål vanlig korstroll  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk vanleg krosstroll  [details]
Spanish estrella de mar  [details]
Swedish vanlig sjöstjärna  [details]
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