Seesterne

Gemeiner Seestern
(Asterias rubens)

Systematik

Klasse

Teilklasse

Ordnung

Unterordnung

Familie

ASTEROIDEA

FORCIPULATIDA

ASTERIIDAE

Wissenschaftlicher Name:

Asterias rubens (LINNAEUS, 1758)

Synonyme:

Asteracanthion distichum (Brandt, 1851), Asteracanthion rubens (Müller & Troschel, 1842), Asteracanthion violaceus (Müller & Troschel, 1842), Asterias attenuata (Bell, 1891), Asterias clathrata (Pennant, 1777), Asterias disticha (Sladen, 1889), Asterias fabricii (Perrier, 1875), Asterias gigantea (Bell, 1891), Asterias glacialis (Pennant, 1777), Asterias holsatica (Retzius, 1805), Asterias minuta (Linnaeus, 1761), Asterias murrayi (Bell, 1891), Asterias pallida (Perrier, 1875), Asterias rubens violacea (O.F. Müller, 1776), Asterias spinosa (Say, 1825), Asterias stimpsoni (Verrill, 1866), Asterias violacea (O.F. Mueller, 1788), Asterias vulgaris (Verrill, 1866), Stellonia rubens (Nardo, 1834), Uraster rubens (Forbes, 1841), Uraster violaceus (Forbes, 1841)

Allgemeine Informationen

Namen:	Gemeiner Seestern (D), Common Sunfish (UK)
Vorkommen:	Nordost-Atlantik, Nord- und Ostsee
Lebensraum:	in Tiefen bis 200 m
Größe:	30 cm

Beschreibung

Der Gemeine Seestern (Asterias rubens) ist ein Seestern aus der Ordnung der Zangensterne (Forcipulatida). Meistens hat er fünf Arme. Die Arme sind an den Spitzen nach oben gebogen. Es gibt aber auch vier- oder sechsarmige Individuen. Das Farbspektrum reicht von bräunlich, rot bis violett, häufig mit kleinen, weißen Punkten. Der Gemeine Seestern kommt in allen europäischen Meeren außer dem Mittelmeer vor. Er wird bis zu 30 cm lang. In der Ostsee ist er deutlich kleiner.

Arten der Gattung Asterias

Asterias amurensis (Lutken, 1871)
Asterias argonauta (Djakonov, 1950)
Asterias forbesi (Desor, 1848)
Asterias microdiscus (Djakonov, 1950)
Asterias rathbuni (Verrill, 1909)
Asterias rollestoni (Bell, 1881)
Asterias rubens (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asterias versicolor (Sladen, 1889)
Asterias (Stolasterias) volsellatus Sladen, 1889 --> Coronaster volsellatus (Sladen, 1889)
Asterias acanthostoma Verrill, 1909 --> Evasterias troscheli (Stimpson, 1862)
Asterias acervata Stimpson, 1862 --> Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Asterias acervispinis Djakonov, 1950 --> Asterias amurensis Lutken, 1871
Asterias aculeata Linnaeus, 1767 --> Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Asterias acutispina Stimpson, 1862 --> Coscinasterias acutispina (Stimpson, 1862)
Asterias aequalis Stimpson, 1862 --> Leptasterias hexactis (Stimpson, 1862)
Asterias affinis Brandt, 1835 --> Crossaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Asterias africana Perrier, 1875 --> Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asterias alba Bell, 1881 --> Cosmasterias lurida (Philippi, 1858)
Asterias alboverrucosa Brandt, 1835 --> Solaster endeca (Linnaeus, 1771)
Asterias albulua Stimpson, 1864 --> Stephanasterias albula (Stimpson, 1853)
Asterias alternata Say, 1825 --> Luidia alternata (Say, 1825)
Asterias alveolata Djakonov, 1950 --> Asterias rathbuni (Verrill, 1909)
Asterias angulosa Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1788 --> Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asterias angulosa Perrier, 1881 --> Sclerasterias contorta (Perrier, 1881)
Asterias anomala Verrill, 1909 --> Asterias rathbuni (Verrill, 1909)
Asterias antarctica Studer, 1884 --> Anasterias antarctica (Lütken, 1857)
Asterias arancia Dewhurst, 1834 --> Ctenodiscus crispatus (Retzius, 1805)
Asterias aranciaca Linnaeus, 1758 --> Astropecten aranciacus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asterias aranciaca O.F. Mueller, 1776 --> Astropecten irregularis (Pennant, 1777)
Asterias aranciaca Audouin, 1826 --> Astropecten polyacanthus Müller & Troschel, 1842
Asterias aranciaca Johnston, 1836 --> Astropecten irregularis pentacanthus (Delle Chiaje, 1827)
Asterias aranciaca Gould, 1841 --> Astropecten articulatus (Say, 1825)
Asterias aranciata Parelius, 1768 --> Psilaster andromeda (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Asterias arctica Murdoch, 1885 --> Leptasterias arctica (Murdoch, 1885)
Asterias arenicola Stimpson, 1862 --> Asterias forbesi (Desor, 1848)
Asterias articulata Say, 1825 --> Astropecten articulatus (Say, 1825)
Asterias aspera O.F. Müller, 1776 --> Solaster endeca (Linnaeus, 1771)
Asterias atlantica Verrill, 1868 --> Coscinasterias tenuispina (Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias attenuata Bell, 1891 --> Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
Asterias aurantiaca Tiedemann, 1816 --> Astropecten aranciacus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asterias aurantiacus Meyen, 1834 --> Stichaster striatus Müller & Troschel, 1840
Asterias austera Verrill, 1895 --> Leptasterias austera (Verrill, 1895)
Asterias belli Studer, 1884 --> Diplasterias brandti (Bell, 1881)
Asterias bidentata Bruzelius, 1805 --> Ophiacantha bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805)
Asterias bifida Pennant, 1777 --> Antedon bifida (Pennant, 1777)
Asterias bispinosa Otto, 1823 --> Astropecten bispinosus (Otto, 1823)
Asterias borbonica Perrier, 1875 --> Anasterias Perrier, 1875
Asterias borealis Perrier, 1875 --> Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Asterias brachiata Montagu, 1804 --> Acrocnida brachiata (Montagu, 1804)
Asterias brachiata Perrier, 1875 --> Evasterias troscheli (Stimpson, 1862)
Asterias brandti Bell, 1881 --> Diplasterias brandti (Bell, 1881)
Asterias brevispina Stimpson, 1857 --> Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson, 1857)
Asterias briareus Verrill, 1882 --> Coronaster briareus (Verrill, 1882)
Asterias calamaria Gray, 1840 --> Coscinasterias calamaria (Gray, 1840)
Asterias calamaria Doderlein, 1902 --> Coscinasterias acutispina (Stimpson, 1862)
Asterias calcar Lamarck, 1816 --> Patiriella calcar (Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias calcar Audouin, 1826 --> Asterina burtoni cepheus (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Asterias camtschatica Brandt, 1835 --> Leptasterias (Hexasterias) camtschatica (Brandt, 1835)
Asterias canariensis d'Orbigny, 1839 --> Narcissia canariensis (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Asterias capensis Perrier, 1875 --> Allostichaster capensis (Perrier, 1875)
Asterias capitata Stimpson, 1862 --> Pisaster giganteus capitatus (Stimpson, 1862)
Asterias caput-medusae Linnaeus, 1758 --> Gorgonocephalus caputmedusae (L., 1758)
Asterias carinifera Lamarck, 1816 --> Asteropsis carinifera (Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias cartilaginea Fleming, 1828 --> Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777)
Asterias ciliaris Philippi, 1837 --> Luidia ciliaris (Philippi, 1837)
Asterias ciliata O.F. Müller, 1776 --> Ophiura ophiura (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asterias clathrata Pennant, 1777 --> Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
Asterias clathrata Say, 1825 --> Luidia clathrata (Say, 1825)
Asterias clavigera Lamarck, 1816 --> Mithrodia clavigera (Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias compta Stimpson, 1852 --> Leptasterias compta (Stimpson, 1862)
Asterias conferta Stimpson, 1862 --> Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt, 1835)
Asterias contorta Perrier, 1881 --> Sclerasterias contorta (Perrier, 1881)
Asterias cordifera Bosc, 1802 --> Hemipholis elongata (Say, 1825)
Asterias coriacea Grube, 1840 --> Hacelia attenuata Gray, 1840
Asterias crassispina H.L. Clark, 1941 --> Asterias forbesi (Desor, 1848)
Asterias crassispinis Djakonov, 1950 --> Asterias rathbuni crassispinis Djakonov, 1950
Asterias cribraria Stimpson, 1862 --> Leptasterias groenlandica (Steenstrup, 1857)
Asterias crispata Retzius, 1805 --> Ctenodiscus crispatus (Retzius, 1805)
Asterias cumingii Gray, 1840 --> Heliaster cumingi (Gray, 1840)
Asterias cunninghami Perrier, 1875 --> Anasterias antarctica (Lütken, 1857)
Asterias cuspidata Lamarck, 1816 --> Goniodiscus cuspidatus (Gray, 1840)
Asterias cylindricus Lamarck, 1816 --> Dactylosaster cylindricus (Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias decemradiatus Brandt, 1835 --> Solaster stimpsoni Verrill, 1880
Asterias discoidea Lamarck, 1816 --> Culcita schmideliana (Retzius, 1805)
Asterias disticha Sladen, 1889 --> Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
Asterias dorsatus Linnaeus, 1753 --> Protoreaster nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asterias douglasi Perrier, 1875 --> Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris katherinae (Gray, 1840)
Asterias dubia Verrill, 1909 --> Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris katherinae (Gray, 1840)
Asterias echinata Delle Chiaje, 1828 --> Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Asterias echinites Ellis & Solander, 1786 --> Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asterias echinophora Delle Chiaje, 1827 --> Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asterias echinophora Lamarck, 1816 --> Echinaster (Othilia) echinophorus (Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias echinusEllis Verrill, 1914 --> Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asterias edmundi Ludwig, 1897 --> Sclerasterias neglecta (Perrier, 1891)
Asterias endeca Linnaeus, 1771 --> Solaster endeca (Linnaeus, 1771)
Asterias enopla Verrill, 1895 --> Urasterias lincki (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Asterias epichlora Verrill, 1909 --> Leptasterias hexactis (Stimpson, 1862)
Asterias epichlora Brandt, 1835 --> Evasterias troscheli (Stimpson, 1862)
Asterias equestris Retzius, 1895 --> Stellaster childreni Gray, 1840
Asterias equestris Linnaeus, 1758 --> Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768)
Asterias euryale Retzius, 1783 --> Astrocladus euryale (Retzius, 1783)
Asterias eustyla Sladen, 1889 --> Sclerasterias eustyla (Sladen, 1889)
Asterias exigua Lamarck, 1816 --> Patiriella exigua (Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias exigua Delle Chiaje, 1825 --> Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777)
Asterias exquisita de Loriol, 1888 --> Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson, 1857)
Asterias fabricii Perrier, 1875 --> Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
Asterias fascicularis Perrier, 1881 --> Tarsaster fascicularis (Perrier, 1881)
Asterias fernandensis Meissner, 1896 --> Astrostole platei (Meissner, 1896)
Asterias fernandensis de Loriol, 1904 --> Allostichaster capensis (Perrier, 1875)
Asterias filiformis O.F. Müller, 1776 --> Amphiura filiformis (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Asterias fissispina Stimpson, 1862 --> Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt, 1835)
Asterias flabellifera Djakonov, 1950 --> Asterias amurensis Lutken, 1871
Asterias forcipulata Verrill, 1909 --> Stylasterias forreri (deLoriol, 1887)
Asterias forreri de Loriol, 1887 --> Stylasterias forreri (deLoriol, 1887)
Asterias forreri H.L. Clark, 1913 --> Astrometis sertulifera (Xantus, 1860)
Asterias fragilis Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789 --> Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Asterias fulgens Sladen, 1889 --> Anasterias varia (Philippi, 1870)
Asterias fulva Sladen, 1889 --> Cosmasterias lurida (Philippi, 1858)
Asterias fungifera Perrier, 1875 --> Uniophora granifera (Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias gelatinosa Meyen, 1834 --> Meyenaster gelatinosus (Meyen, 1834)
Asterias georgiana Studer, 1885 --> Neosmilaster georgianus (Studer, 1885)
Asterias germaini Perrier, 1875 --> Cosmasterias lurida (Philippi, 1858)
Asterias gibbosa Pennant, 1777 --> Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777)
Asterias gigantea Stimpson, 1857 --> Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson, 1857)
Asterias gigantea Bell, 1891 --> Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
Asterias gigas Linnaeus, 1753 --> Oreaster reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asterias glacialis Linnaeus, 1758 --> Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asterias glacialis Pennant, 1777 --> Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
Asterias glacialis Grube, 1840 --> Coscinasterias tenuispina (Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias glomerata Sladen, 1889 --> Diplasterias brandti (Bell, 1881)
Asterias gracilis Perrier, 1881 --> Stephanasterias albula (Stimpson, 1853)
Asterias gracilispinis Djakonov, 1950 --> Asterias amurensis Lutken, 1871
Asterias granifera Lamarck, 1816 --> Uniophora granifera (Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias granularis Retzius, 1783 --> Ceramaster granularis (Retzius, 1783)
Asterias granularis Gmelin, 1791 --> Goniaster tessellatus (de Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias groenlandica Stimpson, 1862 --> Leptasterias (Endogenasterias) groenlandica (Steenstrup, 1857)
Asterias gunneri Danielssen & Koren, 1884 --> Urasterias lincki (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Asterias hartii Rathbun, 1879 --> Allostichaster hartti (Rathbun, 1879)
Asterias helianthemoides Pennant, 1777 --> Crossaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Asterias helianthoides Brandt, 1835 --> Pycnopodia helianthoides (Brandt, 1835)
Asterias helianthus Lamarck, 1816 --> Heliaster helianthus (Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias hexactis Stimpson, 1862 --> Leptasterias hexactis (Stimpson, 1862)
Asterias hispida Pennant, 1777 --> Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri celtica A.M. Clark in Clark & Downey, 1992
Asterias holsatica Retzius, 1805 --> Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
Asterias hyadesi Perrier, 1886 --> Anasterias antarctica (Lütken, 1857)
Asterias hyperborea Kalischewsky, 1907 --> Leptasterias (Endogenasterias) groenlandica (Steenstrup, 1857)
Asterias hyperborea Verrill, 1909 --> Leptasterias arctica (Murdoch, 1885)
Asterias hyperborea Danielssen & Koren, 1882 --> Leptasterias hyperborea (Danielssen & Koren, 1882)
Asterias ianthina Brandt, 1835 --> Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt, 1835)
Asterias imperati Delle Chiaje, 1841 --> Luidia ciliaris (Philippi, 1837)
Asterias inermis Bell, 1881 --> Leptasterias (Endogenasterias) groenlandica (Steenstrup, 1857)
Asterias irregularis Pennant, 1777 --> Astropecten irregularis irregularis (Pennant, 1777)
Asterias janthina Brandt, 1835 --> Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt, 1835)
Asterias japonica Bell, 1881 --> Aphelasterias japonica (Bell, 1881)
Asterias jehennesii Cuvier in Perrier, 1875 --> Coscinasterias calamaria (Gray, 1840)
Asterias johnstoni Gray, in Johnston, 1836 --> Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768)
Asterias jonstoni Delle Chiaje, 1827 --> Astropecten jonstoni (Delle Chiaje, 1827)
Asterias katherinae Gray, 1840 --> Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris katherinae (Gray, 1840)
Asterias katherinae Perrier, 1875 --> Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris katherinae (Gray, 1840)
Asterias koehleri de Loriol, 1897 --> Orthasterias koehleri (deLoriol, 1897)
Asterias laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758) --> Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asterias latissima Djakonov, 1950 --> Asterias amurensis Lutken, 1871
Asterias lincki de Blainville, 1830 --> Protoreaster lincki (Blainville, 1830)
Asterias lincki Müller & Troschel, 1842 --> Urasterias lincki (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Asterias linckii Danielssen & Koren, 1884 --> Urasterias lincki (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Asterias littoralis Verrill, 1866 --> Leptasterias littoralis (Stimpson, 1853)
Asterias longicauda Bruzelius, 1805 --> Ophioderma longicauda (Bruzelius, 1805)
Asterias longipes Retzius, 1805 --> Chaetaster longipes (Retzius, 1805)
Asterias luetkeni Stimpson, 1862 --> Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson, 1857)
Asterias luna Linnaeus, 1758 --> Anseropoda rosacea (Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias madeirensis Stimpson, 1862 --> Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asterias mammillata Audouin, 1827 --> Pentaceraster mammillatus (Audouin, 1826)
Asterias margaritifera Brandt in Fisher, 1930 --> Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt, 1835)
Asterias mazophorus Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 --> Sclerasterias mazophora (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891)
Asterias membranacea Retzius, 1783 --> Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777)
Asterias membranacea Risso, 1826 --> Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777)
Asterias meridionalis Perrier, 1875 --> Diplasterias meridionalis (Perrier, 1875)
Asterias militaris O.F. Müller, 1776 --> Pteraster militaris (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Asterias milleporella Lamarck, 1816 --> Fromia milleporella (Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias minuta Linnaeus, 1761 --> Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
Asterias minuta Fabricius, 1780 --> Leptasterias polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Asterias minuta Gmelin, 1788 --> Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777)
Asterias minuta de Blainville, 1834 --> Patiriella exigua (Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias mollis Studer, 1877 --> Diplasterias meridionalis (Perrier, 1875)
Asterias mollis Hutton, 1872 --> Sclerasterias mollis (Hutton, 1872)
Asterias muelleri Norman, 1865 --> Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri (M. Sars, 1846)
Asterias muelleri Ludwig, 1900 --> Leptasterias arctica (Murdoch, 1885)
Asterias muelleri (M. Sars, 1846) --> Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri muelleri (M. Sars, 1846)
Asterias mülleri Norman, 1865 --> Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri (M. Sars, 1846)
Asterias multiclava Verrill, 1914 --> Leptasterias (Hexasterias) camtschatica (Brandt, 1835)
Asterias multiradiata Gray, 1840 --> Heliaster solaris A.H. Clark, 1920
Asterias multiradiata Linnaeus, 1758 --> Capillaster multiradiata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asterias murrayi Bell, 1891 --> Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
Asterias nanimensis Verrill, 1914 --> Lethasterias nanimensis (Verrill, 1914)
Asterias neglecta Bell, 1881 --> Diplasterias brandti (Bell, 1881)
Asterias nigra Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789 --> Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Asterias nipon Doderlein, 1902 --> Distolasterias nipon (Doderlein, 1902)
Asterias noctiluca Viviani, 1805 --> Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
Asterias nodosa Linnaeus, 1758 --> Oreaster clavatus Müller & Troschel, 1842
Asterias normani Danielssen & Koren, 1883 --> Leptasterias hyperborea (Danielssen & Koren, 1882)
Asterias nuda Perrier, 1875 --> Uniophora nuda (Perrier, 1875)
Asterias obtusangula Lamarck, 1816 --> Pseudoreaster obtusangulus (Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias obtusata Bory de St. Vincent, 1827 --> Pentaster obtusatus (Bory de St. vincent, 1827)
Asterias obtusispinosa Bell, 1881 --> Cosmasterias lurida (Philippi, 1858)
Asterias ochotensis Perrier, 1869 --> Leptasterias ochotensis (Brandt, 1851)
Asterias ochracea Brandt, 1835 --> Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt, 1835)
Asterias octagona Lamarck, 1816 --> Patiriella calcar (Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias oculata Pennant, 1777 --> Henricia oculata (Pennant, 1777)
Asterias oligactes Pallas, 1788 --> Asteroschema oligactes (Pallas, 1788)
Asterias ophidiana de Lamarck, 1816 --> Ophidiaster ophidianus (Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias ophiura Linnaeus, 1758 --> Ophiura ophiura (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asterias pallida Perrier, 1875 --> Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
Asterias palmipes Olivi, 1792 --> Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777)
Asterias panopla Stuxberg, 1879 --> Icasterias panopla (Stuxberg, 1878)
Asterias papposus Linnaeus, 1776 --> Crossaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Asterias papulosa Verrill, 1909 --> Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson, 1857)
Asterias papyracea Konrad, 1814 --> Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777)
Asterias pectinata Brandt, 1835 --> Asterias amurensis Lutken, 1871
Asterias pectinata Couch, 1840 --> Luidia ciliaris (Philippi, 1837)
Asterias pectinata Linnaeus, 1758 --> Comatula (Comatula) pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asterias pedicellaris Koehler, 1907 --> Notasterias pedicellaris (Koehler, 1907)
Asterias pedicellaris Bell, 1917 --> Notasterias armata (Koehler, 1911)
Asterias penicillaris Lamarck, 1816 --> Asterinopsis penicillaris (Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias pentacantha Delle Chiaje, 1827 --> Astropecten irregularis pentacanthus (Delle Chiaje, 1827)
Asterias pentacanthus Simroth, 1889 --> Astropecten hermatophilus Sladen, 1883
Asterias pentacyphus Retzius, 1805 --> Oreaster reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asterias pentagonula Lamarck, 1816 --> Anthenea pentagonula (Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias pentaphylla Pennant, 1777 --> Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Asterias perforata O.F. Müller, 1776 --> Henricia perforata (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Asterias pertusa O.F. Müller, 1776 --> Henricia pertusa (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Asterias philippii Bell, 1881 --> Leptasterias polaris acervata (Stimpson, 1862)
Asterias phrygiana Parelius, 1768 --> Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768)
Asterias placenta Pennant, 1777 --> Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777)
Asterias planci Linnaeus, 1758 --> Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asterias platyacantha Philippi, 1837 --> Astropecten platyacanthus (Philippi, 1837)
Asterias pleyadella Lamarck, 1816 --> Goniodiscus pleyadella Müller & Troschel, 1842
Asterias polaris Sabine, 1824 --> Ctenodiscus crispatus (Retzius, 1805)
Asterias polyplax Perrier, 1875 --> Allostichaster polyplax (Muller & Troschel, 1844)
Asterias polythela Verrill, 1909 --> Leptasterias polaris acervata (Stimpson, 1862)
Asterias problema Lutken, 1872 --> Stephanasterias albula (Stimpson, 1853)
Asterias pulchella de Blainville, 1834 --> Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777)
Asterias pulvillus O.F. Müller, 1776 --> Porania (Porania) pulvillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Asterias rarispina Perrier, 1875 --> Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asterias reticulata Linnaeus, 1758 --> Oreaster reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asterias richardi Perrier, 1882 --> Sclerasterias richardi (Perrier, 1882)
Asterias rodolphi Perrier, 1875 --> Astrostole rodolphi (Perrier, 1875)
Asterias rosacea Lamarck, 1816 --> Anseropoda rosacea (Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias rosacea Verany, 1846 --> Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus (Retzius, 1783)
Asterias rosacea Delle Chiaje, 1825 --> Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777)
Asterias rosea O.F. Müller, 1776 --> Stichastrella rosea (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Asterias rubens Olivi, 1792 --> Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus (Retzius, 1783)
Asterias rubens Johnston, 1836 --> Luidia ciliaris (Philippi, 1837)
Asterias rubens Murdoch, 1885 --> Asterias amurensis Lutken, 1871
Asterias rubra Delle Chiaje, 18?? --> Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Asterias rugispina Stimpson, 1862 --> Anasterias antarctica (Lütken, 1857)
Asterias rumphii Parelius, 1768 --> Solaster endeca (Linnaeus, 1771)
Asterias rupicola Verrill, 1876 --> Anasterias rupicola (Verrill, 1876)
Asterias rustica Gray, 1840 --> Meyenaster gelatinosus (Meyen, 1834)
Asterias sagena Retzius, 1805 --> Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus (Retzius, 1783)
Asterias sanguinolenta O.F. Müller, 1776 --> Henricia sanguinolenta (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Asterias satsumana Doderlein, 1902 --> Sclerasterias satsumana Doderlein, 1902
Asterias savaresi Delle Chiaje, 1825 --> Coscinasterias tenuispina (Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias savignyi Audouin, 1826 --> Luidia savignyi (Audouin, 1826)
Asterias scabra Farquharson, 1894 --> Astrostole scabra (Hutton, 1872)
Asterias scalprifera Sladen, 1889 --> Smilasterias scalprifera (Sladen, 1889)
Asterias schmideliana Retzius, 1805 --> Culcita schmideliana (Retzius, 1805)
Asterias sebae de Blainville, 1830 --> Oreaster reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asterias senegalensis Lamarck, 1816 --> Luidia senegalensis (Lamark, 1816)
Asterias sentus Say, 1825 --> Echinaster (Othilia) sentus (Say, 1825)
Asterias seposita Retzius, 1783 --> Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus (Retzius, 1783)
Asterias seposita Retzius, 1805 --> Henricia sanguinolenta (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Asterias sertulifera Xantus, 1860 --> Astrometis sertulifera (Xantus, 1860)
Asterias setosa Bruzelius, 1805 --> Ophiacantha setosa (Bruzelius, 1805)
Asterias similispinis H.L. Clark, 1908 --> Leptasterias similispinis (H.L. Clark, 1908)
Asterias sinusoida Perrier, 1875 --> Uniophora granifera (Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias solaris Schreber, 1793 --> Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asterias solaris Carpenter, 1856 --> Heliaster cumingi (Gray, 1840)
Asterias spectabilis Sladen, 1889 --> Cosmasterias lurida (Philippi, 1858)
Asterias spinosa Pennant, 1777 --> Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asterias spinosa Say, 1825 --> Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
Asterias spinosa Retzius, 1805 --> Echinaster (Othilia) echinophorus (Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias spinulosus Philippi, 1837 --> Astropecten spinulosus (Philippi, 1837)
Asterias spirabilis Bell, 1881 --> Anasterias spirabilis (Bell, 1881)
Asterias spitzbergensis Danielssen & Koren, 1881 --> Leptasterias (Endogenasterias) groenlandica (Steenstrup, 1857)
Asterias spongiosa Fabricius, 1780 --> Henricia spongiosa (O. Fabricius, 1780)
Asterias squamata Delle Chiaje, 1828 --> Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
Asterias steineni Studer, 1885 --> Neosmilaster steineni (Studer, 1885)
Asterias stellionura Perrier, 1875 --> Urasterias lincki (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Asterias stichantha Sladen, 1889 --> Distolasterias stichantha (Sladen, 1889)
Asterias stimpsoni Verrill, 1866 --> Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
Asterias striata Lamarck, 1816 --> Valvaster striatus (Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias studeri Bell, 1881 --> Diplasterias meridionalis (Perrier, 1875)
Asterias subinermis Philippi, 1837 --> Tethyaster subinermis (Philippi, 1837)
Asterias subulata de Lamarck, 1816 --> Chaetaster longipes (Retzius, 1805)
Asterias sulcifera Perrier, 1875 --> Cosmasterias lurida (Philippi, 1858)
Asterias tanneri Verrill, 1880 --> Sclerasterias tanneri (Verrill, 1880)
Asterias tenella Retzius, 1783 --> Hathrometra tenella (Carpenter, 1888)
Asterias tenera Stimpson, 1862 --> Leptasterias tenera (Stimpson, 1862)
Asterias tenorii Delle Chiaje, 1825 --> Ophiolepis tenorii (Delle Chiaje, 1825)
Asterias tenuispina Lamarck, 1816 --> Coscinasterias tenuispina (Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias terwieli Goldschmidt, 1924 --> Luidia magellanica Leipoldt, 1895
Asterias tessellata de Lamarck, 1816 --> Goniaster tessellatus (de Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias tessellatus de Lamarck, 1816 --> Ceramaster granularis granularis (Retzius, 1783)
Asterias tomidata Sladen, 1889 --> Cosmasterias lurida (Philippi, 1858)
Asterias torquata Sladen, 1889 --> Aphelasterias japonica (Bell, 1881)
Asterias triremis Sladen, 1889 --> Smilasterias triremis Sladen, 1889
Asterias trochiscus Retzius, 1805 --> Asterina trochiscus (Retzius, 1805)
Asterias troscheli Stimpson, 1862 --> Evasterias troscheli (Stimpson, 1862)
Asterias umbilicata Konrad, 1814 --> Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777)
Asterias undulata O.F. Mueller, 1784 --> Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asterias vancouveri Perrier, 1875 --> Leptasterias hexactis (Stimpson, 1862)
Asterias varia Perrier, 1875 --> Anasterias varia (Philippi, 1870)
Asterias variolata Risso, 1826 --> Hacelia attenuata Gray, 1840
Asterias variolata Retzius, 1805 --> Nardoa variolata (Retzius, 1805)
Asterias vernicina Lamarck, 1816 --> Petricia vernicina (Lamarck, 1816)
Asterias verrilli Bell, 1881 --> Anasterias varia (Philippi, 1870)
Asterias verrucosa Risso, 1826 --> Chaetaster longipes (Retzius, 1805)
Asterias verruculata Retzius, 1805 --> Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777)
Asterias vesiculosa Sladen, 1889 --> Diplasterias meridionalis (Perrier, 1875)
Asterias vestita Say, 1825 --> Tethyaster vestitus (Say, 1825)
Asterias victoriana Verrill, 1909 --> Evasterias troscheli (Stimpson, 1862)
Asterias violacea O.F. Mueller, 1788 --> Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
Asterias volsellatus Nutting, 1895 --> Coronaster briareus (Verrill, 1882)
Asterias volsellatus Sladen, 1889 --> Coronaster volsellatus (Sladen, 1889)
Asterias vulgaris Verrill, 1866 --> Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758
Asterias alta Quijada, 1911
Asterias alta Philippi (MS) in Quijada, 1911
Asterias brasiliensis Cuvier, 1829
Asterias cayennensis Cuvier, 1829
Asterias conceptionis Cuvier, 1829
Asterias cumpullis Philippi (MS) in Quijada, 1911
Asterias echinata Philippi in Quijada, 1911
Asterias hirtum Philippi (MS) in Quijada, 1911
Asterias japonica Stimpson, 1862
Asterias longstaffi Bell, 1908
Asterias NovaeZelandiae Cuvier, 1829
Asterias reticulatum Philippi (MS) in Quijada, 1911
Asterias roseum Philippi (MS) in Quijada, 1911
Asterias vulgaris Packard, 1863
Asterias arenata Lamarck, 1816
Asterias articulata Linnaeus, 1753
Asterias aster Gray, 1840
Asterias bicolor Lamarck, 1816
Asterias echinata Gray, 1840
Asterias fernandezianus Philippi (MS) in Quijada, 1911
Asterias macropora (Verrill, 1909)
Asterias wilkinsoni Gray, 1840