Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Superorder Valvatacea > Order Valvatida > Family Solasteridae > Genus Solaster

Solaster endeca (Linnaeus, 1771)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Solaster*	Forbes, 1839	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Asterias alboverrucosa*	Brandt, 1835	synonym
*Asterias aspera*	O.F. Müller, 1776	synonym
*Asterias endeca*	Linnaeus, 1771	synonym
*Asterias rumphii*	Parelius, 1768	synonym
*Solaster endeca decemradiata*	Sladen, 1889	synonym
*Solaster galaxides*	Verrill, 1909	synonym
*Solaster intermedius*	Sluiter, 1895	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Dutch: negenvoeter sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: purple sun star sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Purple Sun Star sources: Charles Hussey

German: gelber Sonnenstern sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

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

Norwegian Bokmål: glattsolstjerne sources: Mantissa Plantarum. Appendix: Regni animalis: 543.

Norwegian Nynorsk: glattsolstjerne sources: Mantissa Plantarum. Appendix: Regni animalis: 543.

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

Swedish: gul solsjöstjärna

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	Gosner, 1977
additional source	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
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.
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.
additional source	ITIS database
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	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	North East Atlantic Taxa

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (269 publications)
Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (9 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Solaster endeca (Linnaeus, 1771). 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:124160