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Asterias rubens

Asteroidea - Asteriidae

Taxonomy
Asterias rubens was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Asterias.

It was recombined as Uraster rubens by Forbes (1852).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. forbesi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Asterias rubens Linnaeus p. 661
1852Uraster rubens Forbes p. 17 figs. pl. 2, fig. 7a, b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderSurculifera
—Tripedicellaria
—Forcipulatida()
familyAsteriidae
subfamilyAsteriinae
genusAsterias
speciesrubens

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Asterias rubens Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
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