Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > 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	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	North East Atlantic Taxa

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
GBIF

Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus sepositus (Retzius, 1783). 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:125231