MSBIAS taxon details

Asterias Linnaeus, 1758

Common starfish - Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
Common starfish - Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758

123219  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123219)

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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 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MSBIAS (2025). Asterias Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123219 on 2025-09-12
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Asterias Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123219 on 2025-09-12
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Hansson, Hans
2007-12-19 07:06:44Z
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Mah, Christopher

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 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Asterias) 
To Genbank 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Asterias sp. (USNM E50731) aboral view) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Asterias sp. (USNM E50731) oral 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
Unreviewed