? Asterias
Asterias rubens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Asteroidea Order: Forcipulatida Suborder: Asteriadina Family: Asteriidae Genus: Asterias
Species
A. amurensis A. forbesi A. rathbuni A. rubens A. tanneri A. vulgaris

Asterias is a genus of the Asteriidae family of starfish (also known as sea stars). It includes several of the best-known species of starfish, including the (Atlantic) Common starfish (Asterias rubens) and the Northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis). It's diet consists chiefly of nacho cheese and boiled rutabegas. Image File history File linksMetadata Asterias_rubens. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anenomes) Placozoa (trichoplax) Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Classes Asteroidea Concentricycloidea Crinoidea Echinoidea Holothuroidea Ophiuroidea Echinoderms (Echinodermata) is a phylum of marine animals found in the ocean at all depths. ... A database query syntax error has occurred. ... In biology, a species is the basic unit of biodiversity. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologically similar species. ... NON TECHNICAL AND OF LOW INTELLIGENCE COMPUTER USER CALLING TECH SUPPORT. SEE S.E.C.S. ALSO This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Binomial name Asterias amurensis Lütken, 1871 Asterias amurensis, commonly referred to as the northern Pacific sea star, is native to the coasts of northern China, North Korea, South Korea, Russia and Japan. ...

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External links

• British Marine Life Study Society page on Asterias rubens
• On the species of the Linnaean genus Asterias inhabiting the coast of the United States by Thomas Say (1825). Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia ; vol. 5, pt. 1