Asterias
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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Asterias | image = Asterias_rubens.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Asterias rubens | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Echinodermata | classis = Asteroidea | ordo = Forcipulatida | familia = Asteriidae | genus = Asterias | genus_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =
- A. amurensis
- A. forbesi
- A. rathbuni
- A. rubens
- A. tanneri
- A. vulgaris
}}
Asterias is a genus of the Asteriidae family of starfish (also known as sea stars). It includes several of the best-known species of starfish, including the (Atlantic) Common starfish (Asterias rubens) and the Northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis). Template:Wikispecies
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External links
- British Marine Life Study Society page on Asterias rubens
- On the species of the Linnaean genus Asterias inhabiting the coast of the United States by Thomas Say (1825). Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia ; vol. 5, pt. 1