Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Subclass Ambuloasteroidea > Infraclass Neoasteroidea > Superorder Spinulosacea > Order Spinulosida > Family Echinasteridae > Genus Echinaster > Subgenus Echinaster (Echinaster)

Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus (Retzius, 1783)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Echinaster*	Müller & Troschel, 1840	accepted genus name
*Echinaster (Othilia)*	Gray, 1840	synonym
*Rhopia*	Gray, 1840	synonym
*Thyraster*	Ives, 1890	synonym
*Verrillaster*	Downey, 1973	synonym

Species group names

*Asterias sagena*	Bruzelius, 1805	synonym
*Asterias seposita*	Retzius, 1783	synonym
*Echinaster sepositus*	(Retzius, 1783)	synonym; alternate representation

Children

Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus sepositus (Retzius, 1783)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Dutch: oranjerode zeester

English: red starfish sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

French: étoile de mer rouge sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: roter Seestern

Italian: stella rossa

Spanish, Castillian: estrella espinosa

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	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. Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus (Retzius, 1783). 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:125161