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

Stichastrella rosea (O.F. Müller, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stichastrella*	Verrill, 1914	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Asterias rosea*	O.F. Müller, 1776	basionym
*Asterias rosea*	O.F. Müller, 1776	synonym
*Chaetaster hermanni*	Müller & Troschel, 1842	synonym
*Stichaster arcticus*	Danielssen & Koren, 1884	synonym
*Stichaster roseus*	M. Sars, 1861	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): rødsjøstjerne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: rosy starfish

Norwegian: rødsjøstjerne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: rødsjøstjerne sources: Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus: 234.

Norwegian Nynorsk: raudsjøstjerne sources: Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus: 234.

Nynorsk (Norwegian): raudsjøstjerne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: rutig sjöstjärna

Literature

basis of record	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	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	North East Atlantic Taxa
additional source	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	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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

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Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Stichastrella rosea (O.F. Müller, 1776). 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:123813