Astropecten americanus (Verrill, 1880)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Verrill, A. E. (1880). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England. American Journal of Science, 3(20): 390–403. https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=40602
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Echinodermata
- class
- Asteroidea
- order
- Paxillosida
- family
- Astropectinidae
- genus
- Astropecten
- species
- Astropecten americanus
Name
- Synonyms
- Archaster americanus Verrill, 1880
- Homonyms
- Astropecten americanus (Verrill, 1880)
- Common names
- estrella de mar in language.
Bibliographic References
- Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp.
- Clark, Ailsa M., and Maureen E. Downey, 1992: null. Starfishes of the Atlantic. xxvi + 794.
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S.
- Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp.