Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Subclass Ambuloasteroidea > Infraclass Neoasteroidea > Superorder Valvatacea > Order Paxillosida > Family Luidiidae > Genus Luidia

Luidia ciliaris (Philippi, 1837)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Luidia*	Forbes, 1839	accepted genus name
*Astrella*	Perrier in Milne-Edwards, 1882	synonym
*Hemicnemis*	Müller & Troschel, 1840	synonym
*Petalaster*	Gray, 1840	synonym

Species group names

*Asterias ciliaris*	Philippi, 1837	synonym
*Asterias imperati*	Delle Chiaje, 1841	synonym
*Luidia fragilissima*	Forbes, 1839	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

Swedish: sjuarmad sprödstjärna

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	Jagt, J.W.M. (1991). Early Miocene luidiid asteroids (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) from Winterswijk-Miste (The Netherlands). Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie. 28(1), 35–43.
additional source	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	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

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Luidia ciliaris (Philippi, 1837). 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:123920