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) > Species Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus

Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus sepositus (Retzius, 1783)

Rank: Subspecies
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

Subspecies group names

*Rhopia mediterranea*	Gray, 1840	synonym

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	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.

Genbank

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus 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:125231