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.Rowe, F. & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In Wells, A. (Ed.), Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Volume 33. Melbourne: CSIRO Australia.
Species Asterina fimbriata Perrier, 1875Perrier, E. (1875). Revision de la Collection de Stellerides du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Paris: C. Reinwald. Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777)Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology. Vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. London: Benj. White. Asterina gracilispina Clark, 1923Clark, H. L. (1923). The echinoderm fauna of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 13, 221–435. Asterina hoensonae O'Loughlin, 2009O'Loughlin, P. M. (2009). New asterinid species from Africa and Australia (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Asterinidae). Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria, 66, 203–213. Asterina krausii Gray, 1840Gray, J. E. (1840). A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias Linnaeus). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 6, 175–184. Asterina lorioli Kœhler, 1910Kœhler, R. (1910). An Account of the Shallow-water Asteroidea. Volume 2. Calcutta: Indian Museum. Asterina martinbarriosi López-Márquez, Acevedo, Manjón-Cabeza, García-Jiménez, Templado & Machordom, 2018López-Márquez, V., Acevedo, I., Manjón-Cabeza, M., García-Jiménez, R., Templado, J. & Machordom, A. (2018). Looking for morphological evidence of cryptic species in Asterina Nardo, 1834 (Echinodermata: Asteroidea); the redescription of Asterina pancerii (Gasco, 1870) and the description of two new species. Invertebrate Systematics, 32(3), 505–523. Asterina pancerii (Gasco, 1876)Gasco, F. (1876). Descrizione di alcuni Echinodermi nuovi o per la prima volta trovati nel Mediterraneo. Rendiconti dell' Academia delle Science Fisiche e Mathematiche, Napoli, 15, 32–41. Asterina phylactica Emson & Crump, 1979Emson, R. H. & Crump, R. G. (1979). Description of a new species of Asterina (Asteroidea), with an account of its ecology. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 59, 77–94. Asterina pusilla Perrier, 1875 Asterina pygmaea Verrill, 1878Verrill, A. E. (1878). Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the eastern coast of North America, No. 2. The American Journal of Science and Arts, 3rd series, 16(91–96), 371–378. Asterina squamata Perrier, 1875 Asterina stellaris Perrier, 1875 Asterina stellifera (Möbius, 1859)Möbius, K. (1859). Neue seesterne des Hamburger und Kieler Museums. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissemschaften, 4, 1–14. Asterina stellifera obtusa Leipoldt, 1895Leipoldt, F. (1895). Asteroidea der „Vettor-Pissani-“ Expedition (1882–1885). Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 59, 545–654. Asterina vicentae López-Márquez, Acevedo, Manjón-Cabeza, García-Jiménez, Templado & Machordom, 2018
References
Further reading Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of name of recent Asteroidea – Part 2: Valvatida. In Jangoux, M. & Lawrence, J. (Eds.), Echinoderm Studies (187–366). Volume 4. Rotterdam: A. A. Balkema. Clark, A. M. & Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. London: Chapman & Hall.