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Asteroidea taxon detailsAsterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
123776 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123776)
accepted
Species
Asteracanthion rubens (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Asteracanthion violaceus (O.F. Muller, 1788) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Asteracanthium distichum Brandt, 1851 · unaccepted
Asterias (Leptasterias) stimpsoni Verrill, 1866 · unaccepted
Asterias attenuata Bell, 1891 · unaccepted
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 rubens var. attenuata Bell, 1891 · unaccepted
Asterias rubens violacea O.F. Müller, 1776 · unaccepted (synonym)
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) Stellonia rubens (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Uraster rubens (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Uraster violaceus (O.F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))
marine, brackish,
recent + fossil
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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 661 [details] Available for editors 
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. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123776 on 2026-02-26
Date action by
original description
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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 661 [details] Available for editors 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, quam. sub praesidio D. M. And. J. Retzii. pro laurea modeste exhibet Nicolaus Bruzelius. 1-37. Lundae., 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, [The Swedish Fauna containing the Animals of the Kingdom of Sweden: Distributed by Classes, Orders, Genera, Species, with Differences of Species, Synonyms of Authors, Names of Inhabitants, Places of Birth,]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]  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] 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 violacea O.F. Mueller, 1788) Müller, O.F. (1788). Zoologia Danica sev Animalivm Daniae et Norvegiae rariorvm ac minvs notorvm Descriptiones et Historia. <em>Volvmen Primvm Explicationi iconvm fascicvli primi.</em> Vol. 1 [1788]: i-v, 1-52, pls. 1-40; Vol. 2 [1788]: [1-3], 1-56, pls. 41-80; Vol. 3 [1789]: 1-71, pls. 81-120; Vol. 4 [1806]: [1-5], 1-46, pls. 121-160. Havniae [Copenhague], N. Möller [vol. 1-3], N. Chrstensen [vol. 4]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/49477 page(s): 102 [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 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., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and 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., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (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] 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 additional source Zenetos, A., E. Meric, M. Verlaque, P. Galli, C.F. Boudouresque, A. Giangrande, M. Cinar & M. Bilecenoglu. (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  Present 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] Unreviewed
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]
BIOTIC
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (from synonym Asterias vulgaris Verrill, 1866) To Barcode of Life (126 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Asterias rubens violacea O.F. Müller, 1776) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Asterias murrayi Bell, 1891) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (133 publications) (from synonym Uraster rubens (Linnaeus, 1758)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (180 publications) (from synonym Asteracanthion rubens (Linnaeus, 1758)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Asterias distichum (Brandt, 1851)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Asterias clathrata Pennant, 1777) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Asterias holsatica Bruzelius, 1805) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Asterias spinosa Say, 1825) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (320 publications) (from synonym Asterias vulgaris Verrill, 1866) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Asterias fabricii Agassiz in Perrier, 1875) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications) (from synonym Asterias minuta Linnaeus, 1761) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (552 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (61 publications) (from synonym Asterias violacea O.F. Mueller, 1788) To Dyntaxa To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Asterias rubens) To GenBank (112423 nucleotides; 24328 proteins) (from synonym Asterias attenuata Bell, 1891) To GenBank (112423 nucleotides; 24328 proteins) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To NMNH Extant Collection (Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758 (USNM E39586) aboral view) To NMNH Extant Collection (Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758 (USNM E39586) mouth view) To PESI To PESI (from synonym Asterias minuta Linnaeus, 1761) To PESI (from synonym Asterias holsatica Bruzelius, 1805) To PESI (from synonym Asterias clathrata Pennant, 1777) To PESI (from synonym Asterias spinosa Say, 1825) To PESI (from synonym Asterias vulgaris Verrill, 1866) To PESI (from synonym Asterias rubens violacea O.F. Müller, 1776) To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 031009) To ITIS From editor or global species database
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