Asterias

See also: asterias

Translingual

Asterias rubens
common starfish

Etymology

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Proper noun

Asterias f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteriidae – sea stars.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Deuterostomia – superphylum; Echinodermata – phylum; Asterozoa – subphylum; Asteroidea – class; Forcipulatida – order; Asteriidae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Asterias rubens (common starfish) – type species; for other species see Asterias at World Register of Marine Species .

Derived terms

• Adelasterias
• Anasterias
• Aphanasterias
• Aphelasterias
• Bernasconiaster
• Calasterias
• Coscinasterias
• †Cretasterias
• Cryptasterias
• Diplasterias
• Distolasterias
• Evasterias
• Icasterias
• Leptasterias
• Lethasterias
• Lysasterias
• Marthasterias
• Notasterias,
• Orthasterias
• Perissasterias
• †Polarasterias
• Saliasterias
• Sclerasterias
• Stenasterias
• Stephanasterias,
• Stylasterias
• Urasterias

References

• Asterias on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Asterias on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Asterias on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Asterias at World Register of Marine Species
• Asterias at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Asterias at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Asterias at Paleobiology Database