Common sunstar

Common sunstar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Solasteridae
Genus: Crossaster
Species:
C. papposus
Binomial name
Crossaster papposus
Linnaeus, 1776
Synonyms
  • Asterias affinis Brandt, 1835
  • Asterias helianthemoides Pennant, 1777
  • Asterias papposus Linnaeus, 1776
  • Crossaster aboverrucosus (Brandt, 1835)
  • Crossaster affinis Danielssen & Koren, 1876
  • Crossaster affinis (Brandt, 1835)
  • Crossaster koreni Verrill, 1914
  • Crossaster neptuni Bell, 1881
  • Solaster affinis Danielssen & Koren, 1877
  • Solaster papposus Müller & Troschel, 1842
  • Stellonia papposa L. Agassiz, 1836

The common sunstar (Crossaster papposus) is a species of sea star (aka starfish) belonging to the family Solasteridae.[1] It is found in the northern parts of both the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans.

  1. ^ "Macrobenthos of the North Sea". Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2008-08-04.