Ophiuroidea taxon details
Asterias Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Asterias aculeata Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Asterias bidentata Bruzelius, 1805 accepted as Ophiacantha bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805) (synonym)
- Species Asterias brachiata Montagu, 1804 accepted as Acrocnida brachiata (Montagu, 1804) (moved to genus Acrocnida by Gislén (1926))
- Species Asterias caput-medusae Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Asterias ciliaris Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Ophiura ophiura (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonymised by Bell (1891))
- Species Asterias ciliata O.F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Ophiura ophiura (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Asterias cordifera Bosc, 1802 accepted as Hemipholis cordifera (Bosc, 1802)
- Species Asterias echinata Delle Chiaje, 1828 accepted as Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) (synonym)
- Species Asterias euryale Retzius, 1783 accepted as Astrocladus euryale (Retzius, 1783)
- Species Asterias filiformis O.F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Amphiura filiformis (O.F. Müller, 1776) (synonym)
- Species Asterias fragilis Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789 accepted as Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) (synonym)
- Species Asterias longicauda Bruzelius, 1805 accepted as Ophioderma longicauda (Bruzelius, 1805) accepted as Ophioderma longicaudum (Bruzelius, 1805) (synonym)
- Species Asterias nigra Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789 accepted as Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) (synonym)
- Species Asterias noctiluca Viviani, 1805 accepted as Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828) (according to Millott in Boolootian (1966))
- Species Asterias oligactes Pallas, 1788 accepted as Asteroschema oligactes (Pallas, 1788)
- Species Asterias ophiura Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Ophiura ophiura (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Asterias pentaphylla Pennant, 1777 accepted as Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) (synonym)
- Species Asterias rubra Delle Chiaje, 18?? accepted as Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) (synonym)
- Species Asterias setosa Bruzelius, 1805 accepted as Ophiacantha setosa (Bruzelius, 1805)
- Species Asterias squamata Delle Chiaje, 1828 accepted as Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828) (transferred to Amphipholis)
- Species Asterias tenorii Delle Chiaje, 1825 accepted as Ophiura tenorii (Delle Chiaje, 1825) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
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 [details] Available for editors 
Ophiuroidea (2021). Asterias Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123219 on 2024-04-23
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 [details] Available for editors
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]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Asterias sp. (USNM E50731) aboral view)
To The Arctic Traits Database (7 traits)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 077062)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Asterias sp. (USNM E50731) aboral view)
To The Arctic Traits Database (7 traits)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 077062)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
From other sources
