Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Superorder Forcipulatacea > Order Forcipulatida > Family Asteriidae > Genus Coscinasterias

Coscinasterias tenuispina (Lamarck, 1816)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Coscinasterias*	Verrill, 1870	accepted genus name
*Asterias (Stolasterias)*	Sladen, 1889	synonym
*Lytaster*	Perrier, 1894	synonym

Species group names

*Asterias tenuispina*	Lamarck, 1816	basionym
*Asterias atlantica*	Verrill, 1868	synonym
*Asterias savaresi*	Delle Chiaje, 1825	synonym
*Asterias tenuispina*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym
*Lytaster inaequalis*	Perrier, 1894	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: estrella d'espines primes sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

English: blue spiny starfish

French: étoile de mer épineuse

German: Dornenstern Blauwestekelster

Italian: stella marina spinosa minore; stella marina variabile; stella pungente minore

Spanish, Castillian: estrella de espinas finas; estrella espinosa azul

Literature

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
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.
additional source	Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin, and C. L. Mah. 2009. Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S

Taxon found in 34 publications.

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
GenBank (25 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Coscinasterias tenuispina. In: Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123795