Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Subclass Ambuloasteroidea > Infraclass Neoasteroidea > Superorder Forcipulatacea > Order Forcipulatida > Family Stichasteridae > Genus Stichastrella

Stichastrella rosea (O.F. Müller, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Asterias Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stichastrella*	Verrill, 1914	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Chaetaster hermanni*	Müller & Troschel, 1842	synonym
*Linckia rosea*	(O.F. Müller, 1776)	synonym
*Stichaster arcticus*	Danielssen & Koren, 1883	synonym
*Stichaster roseus*	(O.F. Müller, 1776)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: rosy starfish

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

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

Swedish: rutig sjöstjärna

Literature

basis of record	Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp.
additional source	Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.).
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

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Stichastrella rosea (O.F. Müller, 1776). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123813