Coscinasterias tenuispina

Coscinasterias tenuispina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Forcipulatida
Family: Asteriidae
Genus: Coscinasterias
Species:
C. tenuispina
Binomial name
Coscinasterias tenuispina
(Lamarck, 1816) [1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Asteracanthion tenuispinum Müller & Troschel, 1842
  • Asterias atlantica Verrill, 1868
  • Asterias glacialis Grube, 1840
  • Asterias savaresi Delle Chiaje, 1825
  • Asterias tenuispina Lamarck, 1816
  • Coscinasterias (Stolasterias) tenuispina (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Coscinasterias (Stolasterias) tenuispina (Sladen, 1889)
  • Lytaster inaequalis Perrier, 1894
  • Polyasterias tenuispina Perrier, 1894
  • Stellonia tenuispina d'Orbigny, 1839

Coscinasterias tenuispina is a starfish in the family Asteriidae. It is sometimes called the blue spiny starfish or the white starfish. It occurs in shallow waters in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Coscinasterias tenuispina (Lamarck, 1816) World Asteroidea Database. Retrieved 2011-09-28.