Asterina (starfish)

Asterina is a genus of asteroideans in the family Asterinidae.

Asterina
Asterina gibbosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Valvatida
Family:	Asterinidae
Genus:	Asterina Nardo, 1834[1]
Type species
Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777)[2]

The species occurring in Australian waters are considered to not be congeneric with the type species A. gibbosa (Pennant, 1777)^[2] by Rowe and Gates (1995), and will possibly be assigned to another genus or a new genus. Rowe and Gates (1995) also suggested that Asterina should be restricted to Atlantic waters.^[3]

Species

• Asterina fimbriata Perrier, 1875^[4]
• Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777)^[2]
• Asterina gracilispina Clark, 1923^[5]
• Asterina hoensonae O'Loughlin, 2009^[6]
• Asterina krausii Gray, 1840^[7]
• Asterina lorioli Kœhler, 1910^[8]
• Asterina martinbarriosi López-Márquez, Acevedo, Manjón-Cabeza, García-Jiménez, Templado & Machordom, 2018^[9]
• Asterina pancerii (Gasco, 1876)^[10]
• Asterina phylactica Emson & Crump, 1979^[11]
• Asterina pusilla Perrier, 1875^[4]
• Asterina pygmaea Verrill, 1878^[12]
• Asterina squamata Perrier, 1875^[4]
• Asterina stellaris Perrier, 1875^[4]
• Asterina stellifera (Möbius, 1859)^[13]
  • Asterina stellifera obtusa Leipoldt, 1895^[14]
• Asterina vicentae López-Márquez, Acevedo, Manjón-Cabeza, García-Jiménez, Templado & Machordom, 2018^[9]