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ERMS taxon details
Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758 AphiaID: 123776
| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
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Asterias Linnaeus, 1758
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| Parent | | Asterias Linnaeus, 1758 |
Synonymised
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Asterias clathrata Pennant, 1777 (synonym)
Asterias holsatica Retzius, 1805 (Synonym according to Sladen (1889))
Asterias minuta Linnaeus, 1761 (synonym according to Madsen (1987))
Asterias rubens violacea O.F. Müller, 1776 (synonym)
Asterias spinosa Say, 1825 (synonym according to Downey in Clark & Downey (1992))
Asterias vulgaris Verrill, 1866 (synonym according to Downey in Clark & Downey (1992))
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original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details]
basis of record: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in RoR) [details]
additional source: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.
page(s): 313 [details]
additional source: Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in RoR) [details]
additional source: Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp. (look up in RoR) [details]
additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in RoR) [details]
additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]
from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1761). Fauna Suecica sistens Animalia Sueciae Regni: Mammalia, Aves, Amphibia, Pisces, Insecta, Vermes. Distributa per Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Natalium, Descriptionibus insectorum. Editio altera, auctior. Stockholmiae: L. Salvii, 48 + 578 pp. [details] [view taxon]
context source: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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Subspecies Asterias rubens violacea O.F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Fossil range | | recent only |
| Distribution | | Africa [details]
Arctic Ocean [details]
Bay of Biscay [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Birkenfels (shipwreck) [details]
British Isles [details]
France [details]
United States [details]
Belgium [details]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details]
Greenland [details]
Netherlands [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Icelandic Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Kattegat [details]
Labrador Basin [details]
Moroccan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Newfoundland Basin [details]
North American Basin [details]
North East Atlantic [details]
North Sea [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Norway [details]
Oosterschelde [details]
Portugal [details]
Rockall Trough [details]
Canada [details]
Sargasso Sea [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Sør-Trøndelag [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean [details]
Voordelta [details]
West Africa [details]
West European Basin [details]
Westerschelde [details]
White Sea [details]
Mexico [details]
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| Feedingtype | |
predator [details]
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| Host of | |
Pseudanthessius dubius Sars G.O., 1918 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Scottomyzon gibberum (T. & A. Scott, 1894) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | | BIOTIC
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (23 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (510 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To ITIS
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| Notes | |
Breeding: Planktonic bipinnaria and brachilaria larva. Summer [details]
Distribution: Not recorded for Mediterranean [details]
Distribution: Labrador to Cape Hatteras [details]
Distribution: Lower shore to more than 200 m depth, on rock gravel and sand; very common all round the British Isles [details]
Habitat: intertidal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
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Common starfish - Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
added on 2006-01-13 - author: Bruno Van Bogaert
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Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
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Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
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Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
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Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
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Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
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Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
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Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
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Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
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Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
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Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
added on 2006-09-14 - author: Decleer Misjel
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Asterias rubens and Mya arenaria shells in 15 m water depths.
added on 2006-09-26 - author: M L Zettler
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Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
added on 2007-11-29 - author: Philippart, Catharina
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Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
added on 2007-11-29 - author: Philippart, Catharina
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Asterias rubens
added on 2009-03-13 - author: Wirtz, Peter
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Asterias rubens
added on 2009-03-13 - author: Wirtz, Peter
qualitystatus: checked by Mah, Christopher on 2009-03-13 12:17:25 |
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Gewone zeester
added on 2009-05-05 - author: Vandepitte, Leen
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[image from synonym]
Asterias vulgaris
added on 2011-02-02 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Melisa Wong ( )
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Asterias rubens
added on 2012-01-23 - author: Eneman, Eddy
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Asterias rubens
added on 2012-03-14 - author: VLIZ Collection
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20th July 2012- Sampling at Viana do Castelo
added on 2012-08-20 - author: Jack Sewell
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123776 |
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| | | Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758. In: Mah, C.L. (2013). World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2013) European Register of Marine Species at http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123776 on 2013-05-19 |
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