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

Crossaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Crossaster*	Müller & Troschel, 1840	accepted genus name
*Solaster(Polyaster)*	Gray, 1840	synonym

Species group names

*Asterias affinis*	Brandt, 1835	synonym
*Asterias helianthemoides*	Pennant, 1777	synonym
*Asterias papposus*	Linnaeus, 1776	synonym
*Solaster affinis*	Danielssen & Koren, 1877	synonym
*Solaster papposus*	Müller & Troschel, 1842	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Dutch: zonnester 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: common sun star sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

German: gewöhnlicher Sonnenstern sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

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

Norwegian Bokmål: piggsolstjerne sources: Systema Naturae ed. 12.

Norwegian Nynorsk: piggsolstjerne sources: Systema Naturae ed. 12.

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

Swedish: röd solsjöstjärna

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533-1327
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	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	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	Imaoka T, Irimura S, Okutani T, Oguro C, Oji T, Shigei M, Horikawa H. (1990). Echinoderms from the Continental Shelf and Slope around Japan. Japan Fisheries Resource Conservation Association. vol. I.1-159.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	North East Atlantic Taxa
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (113 publications)
Barcode of Life (27 barcodes)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (31 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Crossaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767). 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:124154