Small Starfishes

Asterina

Asterina is a genus of asteroideans in the family Asterinidae.

The species occurring in Australian waters are considered to not be congeneric with the type species A. gibbosa (Pennant, 1777) by Rowe and Gates (1995), and will possibly be assigned to another genus or a new genus. Rowe and Gates (1995) also suggested that Asterina should be restricted to Atlantic waters.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Cushion Star

speciesAsterina gibbosa

small cushion star

speciesAsterina phylactica

Little Pentagon Star

speciesAsterina fimbriata

Namibian Cushionstar

speciesAsterina stellifera

Asterina pancerii

speciesAsterina pancerii

Asterina martinbarriosi

speciesAsterina martinbarriosi

Asterina gracilispina

speciesAsterina gracilispina

Asterina pusilla

speciesAsterina pusilla

Asterina vicentae

speciesAsterina vicentae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 195852.