• Asterias Linnaeus, 1758
• Asterias (Astropecten) † accepted as Astropecten Gray, 1840
• Asterias (Astropecten) recta McCoy, 1848 † accepted as Archastropecten rectus (McCoy, 1848) †
• Asterias (Coscinasterias) Verrill, 1867 accepted as Coscinasterias Verrill, 1867
• Asterias (Coscinasterias) platei Meissner, 1896 accepted as Astrostole platei (Meissner, 1896)
• Asterias (Cosmasterias) Sladen, 1889 accepted as Cosmasterias Sladen, 1889
• Asterias (Cosmasterias) sulciferus Valenciennes (MS) in Perrier, 1869 accepted as Cosmasterias lurida (Philippi, 1858)
• Asterias (Cosmasterias) tomidata Sladen, 1889 accepted as Cosmasterias tomidata (Sladen, 1889) accepted as Cosmasterias lurida (Philippi, 1858)
• Asterias (Hydrasterias) Sladen, 1889 accepted as Hydrasterias Sladen, 1889
• Asterias (Hydrasterias) ophidion Sladen, 1889 accepted as Hydrasterias ophidion (Sladen, 1889)
• Asterias (Leptasterias) Verrill, 1866 accepted as Leptasterias Verrill, 1866
• Asterias (Leptasterias) macropora Verrill, 1909 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
• Asterias (Leptasterias) stimpsoni Verrill, 1866 accepted as Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
• Asterias (Polyasterias) Perrier, 1894 accepted as Polyasterias Perrier, 1894 accepted as Coscinasterias (Stolasterias) (Sladen, 1889)
• Asterias (Polyasterias) fernandensis Meissner, 1896 accepted as Cosmasterias fernandensis (Meissner, 1896) accepted as Astrostole platei (Meissner, 1896)
• Asterias (Smilasterias) Sladen, 1889 accepted as Smilasterias Sladen, 1889
• Asterias (Smilasterias) terwieli Goldschmidt, 1924 accepted as Luidia magellanica Leipoldt, 1895
• Asterias (Smilasterias) triremis Sladen, 1889 accepted as Smilasterias triremis (Sladen, 1889)
• Asterias (Stolasterias) Sladen, 1889 accepted as Stolasterias Sladen, 1889 represented as Coscinasterias Verrill, 1867
• Asterias (Stolasterias) africana Muller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Marthasterias glacialis f. africana (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
• Asterias (Stolasterias) calamaria Gray, 1840 accepted as Coscinasterias calamaria (Gray, 1840)
• Asterias (Stolasterias) edmondi Benham, 1911 accepted as Stolasterias edmondi (Benham, 1911)
• Asterias (Stolasterias) eustyla Sladen, 1889 accepted as Sclerasterias Perrier, 1891
• Asterias (Stolasterias) gemmifera (Valenciennes (MS) in Perrier, 1869) accepted as Coscinasterias echinata (Gray, 1840)
• Asterias (Stolasterias) stichantha Sladen, 1889 accepted as Distolasterias stichantha (Sladen, 1889)
• Asterias (Stolasterias) tenuispina Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Coscinasterias tenuispina (Lamarck, 1816)
• Asterias (Stolasterias) volsellata Sladen, 1889 accepted as Coronaster volsellatus (Sladen, 1889)
• Asterias (Urasterias) Verrill, 1909 accepted as Urasterias Verrill, 1909
• Asterias (Urasterias) forcipulata Verrill, 1909 accepted as Stylasterias forreri (deLoriol, 1887)
• Asterias acanthostoma Verrill, 1909 accepted as Evasterias troschelii (Stimpson, 1862)
• Asterias acervata Stimpson, 1862 accepted as Leptasterias acervata (Stimpson, 1861) accepted as Leptasterias polaris acervata (Stimpson, 1862) represented as Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris acervata (Stimpson, 1861)
• Asterias acervispinis Djakonov, 1950 accepted as Asterias amurensis Lutken, 1871
• Asterias aculeata Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Asterias acutispina Stimpson, 1862 accepted as Coscinasterias (Stolasterias) acutispina (Stimpson, 1862) represented as Coscinasterias acutispina (Stimpson, 1862)
• Asterias aequalis Stimpson, 1862 accepted as Leptasterias aequalis (Stimpson, 1862)
• Asterias affinis Brandt, 1835 accepted as Solaster affinis (Brandt, 1835) accepted as Crossaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Asterias africana Muller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Marthasterias africana (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
• Asterias alba Bell, 1881 accepted as Cosmasterias lurida (Philippi, 1858)
• Asterias alboverrucosa Brandt, 1835 accepted as Solaster endeca (Linnaeus, 1771)
• Asterias albula (Stimpson, 1853) accepted as Stephanasterias albula (Stimpson, 1853)
• Asterias alta Philippi (MS) in Quijada, 1911 [not seen] (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
• Asterias alternata Say, 1825 accepted as Luidia alternata (Say, 1825)
• Asterias alveolata Djakonov, 1950 accepted as Asterias rathbuni (Verrill, 1909)
• Asterias amurensis Lutken, 1871
• Asterias amurensis f. acervispinis Djakonov, 1950 accepted as Asterias acervispinis Djakonov, 1950 accepted as Asterias amurensis Lutken, 1871
• Asterias amurensis f. amurensis Lutken, 1871
• Asterias amurensis f. flabellifera Djakonov, 1950 accepted as Asterias flabellifera Djakonov, 1950 accepted as Asterias amurensis Lutken, 1871
• Asterias amurensis f. gracilispinis Djakonov, 1950 accepted as Asterias gracilispinis Djakonov, 1950 accepted as Asterias amurensis Lutken, 1871
• Asterias amurensis f. latissima Djakonov, 1950 accepted as Asterias latissima Djakonov, 1950 accepted as Asterias amurensis Lutken, 1871
• Asterias amurensis f. robusta Djakonov, 1950
• Asterias angulosa Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1788 accepted as Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Asterias anomala Verrill, 1909 accepted as Asterias rathbuni (Verrill, 1909)
• Asterias antarctica Studer, 1884 accepted as Anasterias antarctica (Lütken, 1857)
• Asterias arancia Dewhurst, 1834 accepted as Ctenodiscus crispatus (Bruzelius, 1805)
• Asterias aranciaca Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Astropecten aranciacus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Asterias aranciata Parelius, 1768 accepted as Psilaster andromeda (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
• Asterias arctica Murdoch, 1885 accepted as Leptasterias arctica (Murdoch, 1885)
• Asterias arenata Lamarck, 1816 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
• Asterias arenicola Stimpson, 1862 accepted as Asterias forbesi (Desor, 1848)
• Asterias arenicola var. lacazei (Perrier, 1869) accepted as Asterias forbesi (Desor, 1848)
• Asterias argonauta Djakonov, 1950
• Asterias articulata Linnaeus, 1753 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
• Asterias articulata Say, 1825 accepted as Astropecten articulatus (Say, 1825)
• Asterias aspera O.F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Solaster endeca (Linnaeus, 1771)
• Asterias aster Gray, 1840 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
• Asterias atlantica Verrill, 1868 accepted as Coscinasterias tenuispina (Lamarck, 1816)
• Asterias attenuata Bell, 1891 accepted as Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
• Asterias aurantiaca Tiedemann, 1816 accepted as Astropecten aranciacus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Asterias aurantiacus Meyen, 1834 accepted as Stichaster aurantiacus (Meyen, 1834) accepted as Stichaster striatus Müller & Troschel, 1840
• Asterias austera Verrill, 1895 accepted as Leptasterias austera (Verrill, 1895)
• Asterias belli Studer, 1884 accepted as Diplasterias brandti (Bell, 1881)
• Asterias bicolor Lamarck, 1816 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
• Asterias bidentata Bruzelius, 1805 accepted as Ophiacantha bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805)
• Asterias bifida Pennant, 1777 accepted as Antedon bifida (Pennant, 1777)
• Asterias bispinosa Otto, 1823 accepted as Astropecten bispinosus (Otto, 1823)
• Asterias bootes (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
• Asterias borbonica Perrier, 1875 accepted as Anasterias Perrier, 1875
• Asterias borealis Perrier, 1875 accepted as Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
• Asterias brachiata Montagu, 1804 accepted as Acrocnida brachiata (Montagu, 1804)
• Asterias brachiata Perrier, 1875 accepted as Evasterias troschelii (Stimpson, 1862)
• Asterias brandti Bell, 1881 accepted as Diplasterias brandti (Bell, 1881)
• Asterias brasiliensis Cuvier, 1829 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
• Asterias brevispina Stimpson, 1857 accepted as Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson, 1857)
• Asterias briareus Verrill, 1882 accepted as Coronaster briareus (Verrill, 1882)
• Asterias brisingoides Perrier, 1885 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
• Asterias calamaria Gray, 1840 accepted as Coscinasterias calamaria (Gray, 1840)
• Asterias calamaria var. japonica Döderlein, 1902 accepted as Coscinasterias tenuispina (Lamarck, 1816)
• Asterias calamaria var. reischeki Farquhar, 1909
• Asterias calcar Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Patiriella calcar (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816)
• Asterias calcar var. hexagona Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Patiriella gunni (Gray, 1840) accepted as Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840)
• Asterias calcar var. octagona Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Asterias octagona Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Patiriella calcar (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816)
• Asterias calcar var. quinqueangula Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Patiriella regularis (Verrill, 1867)
• Asterias calcitrapa Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Astropecten calcitrapa (Lamarck, 1816)
• Asterias camtschatica Brandt, 1835 accepted as Leptasterias (Hexasterias) camtschatica (Brandt, 1835)
• Asterias canariensis d'Orbigny, 1839 accepted as Narcissia canariensis (d'Orbigny, 1839)
• Asterias capensis Perrier, 1875 accepted as Allostichaster capensis (Perrier, 1875)
• Asterias capitata Stimpson, 1862 accepted as Pisaster capitatus (Stimpson, 1862) accepted as Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson, 1857)
• Asterias caput-medusae Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Asterias carinifera Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Asteropsis carinifera (Lamarck, 1816)
• Asterias cartilaginea Fleming, 1828 accepted as Palmipes membranaceus (Retzius, 1783) accepted as Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777)