Asterias stimpsoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Forcipulatida

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Forcipulatida

Familia: Asteriidae
Genus: Asterias
Species: Asterias stimpsoni

Name

Asterias stimpsoni Verrill, 1866

• ZooBank: 323515E2-C0F7-40CF-AD64-BFE8A3CF1399

• Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, Bay of Fundy.

• Syntypes: YPM IZ 000740.EC [1]; YPM IZ 009816.EC [2].

• Status:   junior subjective synonym   of Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758

• Synonymised by Verrill (1895: 207) with Asterias vulgaris.

• Etymology: named after William Stimpson.

Synonymy

• Asterias (Leptasterias) stimpsoni Verrill, 1866: 349–350.

References

• Verrill, A.E. 1866. On the Polyps and Echinoderms of New England, with Descriptions of New Species. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 10: 333–357. BHL Reference page. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1895. Distribution of the Echinoderms of North–eastern America. American Journal of Science (3)49(290–291): 127–141 BHL, 199–212 BHL. Reference page. 

Links

• Asterias (Leptasterias) stimpsoni Verrill, 1866 in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on May 23, 2026