Asterias vulgaris

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 vulgaris

Name

Asterias vulgaris Verrill, 1866

• ZooBank: 85D8B342-8B52-42C7-804B-4C09CC9CC449

• Type locality: Atlantic Ocean, St. George's Bank, off the coast of Maine.

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

Synonymy

• Asterias (Asteracanthion) vulgaris Verrill, 1866: 347–349.
• Asterias vulgaris Verrill, 1866; — Verrill, 1895: 207; — Fisher, 1930: 206.

References

• Fisher, W.K. 1930. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 3: Forcipulata (Concluded). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 76(3): 1-356. DOI: 10.5479/si.03629236.76.3 BHL Reference page. 
• 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 vulgaris Verrill, 1866 in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on April 07, 2026