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Asteriidae {family} -
Echinodermata
;
Asteroidea
;
Forcipulatida
;
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Sub-taxa
Genera (29)
Adelasterias [7]
Anasterias [411]
Aphelasterias [15]
Asterias [395]
Astrometis [5]
Astrostole [7]
Coronaster [6]
Coscinasterias [97]
Diplasterias [443]
Distolasterias [8]
Evasterias [109]
Icasterias [12]
Leptasterias [390]
Lethasterias [9]
Lysasterias [57]
Marthasterias [130]
Notasterias [254]
Orthasterias [36]
Perissasterias [3]
Pisaster [477]
Psalidaster [6]
Pycnopodia [147]
Rathbunaster [2]
Rumbleaster [5]
Saliasterias [11]
Sclerasterias [23]
Stephanasterias [9]
Stylasterias [35]
Urasterias [28]
Taxon Description (Wikipedia)
full article at Wikipedia
BOLD Stats
Specimen Records:
3,173
Public Records:
2,508
Specimens with Sequences:
2,262
Public Species:
78
Specimens with Barcodes:
2,014
Public BINs:
71
Species:
95
Species With Barcodes:
83
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Imagery
images representing subtaxa of Asteriidae
(
Urasterias
)
Sample ID:
WSECH0005
License:
CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010)
License Holder:
CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
Collection Sites
Collected from 14 countries.
Top 20:
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France
395
Norway
7
Ireland
3
Canada
366
South Korea
6
Spain
1
United States
178
Russia
6
United Kingdom
1
Portugal
44
South Africa
5
Mexico
1
Australia
10
Sweden
3
![(Adelasterias - ADE_A_0154.1) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Quentin Jossart - B121 expedition Universite Libre de Bruxelles - Marine Biology Lab](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/INTGS/ADE_A_0154.1%2B1643233476.JPG "(Adelasterias - ADE_A_0154.1) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Anasterias - PTK4_70.3_dup) @14 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/KERAS/1517.PTK4_70.3_O-Modifier%2B1539659914.jpg "(Anasterias - PTK4_70.3_dup) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Asterias - CECE07-031) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/DSPEC/CECE07-031_d%2B1199754396.jpg "(Asterias - CECE07-031) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010)")
![(Astrometis - CCDB-25432 G09) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2018) Peter J. Bryant University of California, Irvine](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/ECHCA/CCDB-25432_G09%2B1527540996.jpg "(Astrometis - CCDB-25432 G09) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2018)")
![(Astrostole - Ech046) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial (2010) CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/EAR/DSC_0013%2B1181863582.jpg "(Astrostole - Ech046) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial (2010)")
![(Coronaster - SeaMP_SB251) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved (2023) Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/SMPSB/SeaMP_SB251%2B1701556328.jpg "(Coronaster - SeaMP_SB251) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved (2023)")
![(Coscinasterias - Ech045) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial (2010) CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/EAR/DSC_0009%2B1181863566.jpg "(Coscinasterias - Ech045) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial (2010)")
![(Diplasterias - MPE-798) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) MNHN Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/SOA/798_Dipmer_CH8_a%2B1312905708.JPG "(Diplasterias - MPE-798) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012)")
![(Evasterias - BAM00092) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/DSPEC/Bamfield_08_473%2B1224363096.jpg "(Evasterias - BAM00092) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010)")
![(Icasterias - 10BPBS-0008) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/ABMBS/10BPBS-0008_D%2B1285767252.jpg "(Icasterias - 10BPBS-0008) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution")
![(Leptasterias - 10BIOBC-EC037) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2011) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/EQCS/IMG_8771%2B1303394732.JPG "(Leptasterias - 10BIOBC-EC037) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2011)")
![(Lethasterias - OD9) @11 [ ] Copyright (2008) Sarah M. Hardy University of Alaska, Fairbanks](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BENTH/IMG_0802%2B1209671110.jpg "(Lethasterias - OD9) {} [ ] Copyright (2008)")
![(Lysasterias - JR275_260.4) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) Huw Griffiths British Antarctic Survey](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BASEC/DSC_4557%2B1338562596.JPG "(Lysasterias - JR275_260.4) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012)")
![(Marthasterias - LMBRUI7-001) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved (2012) Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LOBO/IMG_9682_1%2B1348154541.jpg "(Marthasterias - LMBRUI7-001) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved (2012)")
![(Notasterias - JR275_1240.3) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) Huw Griffiths British Antarctic Survey](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BASEC/DSC_4662%2B1337800170.JPG "(Notasterias - JR275_1240.3) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012)")
![(Orthasterias - BAM00185) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/DSPEC/IMG_0871%2B1224987712.JPG "(Orthasterias - BAM00185) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010)")
![(Perissasterias - SeaMP_SB306) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved (2023) Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/SMPSB/SeaMP_SB306b%2B1695699130.JPG "(Perissasterias - SeaMP_SB306) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved (2023)")
![(Pisaster - 10BIOBC-EC062) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2011) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/EQCS/IMG_8905%2B1303334514.JPG "(Pisaster - 10BIOBC-EC062) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2011)")
![(Pycnopodia - BAM00206) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/DSPEC/IMG_0738%2B1225413788.JPG "(Pycnopodia - BAM00206) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010)")
![(Rathbunaster - NA097-061-01-A-BOL) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2018) Tammy Norgard Ocean Exploration Trust, Northeast Pacific Seamount Expedition Partners](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/OOBKJ/cam1_20180712143906%2B1547670560.jpg "(Rathbunaster - NA097-061-01-A-BOL) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2018)")
![(Saliasterias - CEAMARC_V3_5764) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Copyright Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/ASTAN/6802a%2B1286978170.jpg "(Saliasterias - CEAMARC_V3_5764) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Sclerasterias - MTI-SCCWRP-00050) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2009) Cheryl A. Brantley Los Angeles County Sanitation District](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LACSA/DNA_trawl_invert_Sclerasterias_heteropaes_T1-61_plate_1_cell_E2%2B1281016288.jpg "(Sclerasterias - MTI-SCCWRP-00050) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2009)")
![(Stephanasterias - HLC-30330) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/ECNN/IMG_7443%2B1335797158.jpg "(Stephanasterias - HLC-30330) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012)")
![(Stylasterias - BAM00196) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/DSPEC/IMG_0825%2B1225415056.JPG "(Stylasterias - BAM00196) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010)")
![(Urasterias - WSECH0005) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/WSEC/WS005%2B1256409682.jpg "(Urasterias - WSECH0005) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010)")
