Coscinasterias

Coscinasterias
Coscinasterias tenuispina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Forcipulatida
Family:	Asteriidae
Genus:	Coscinasterias Verrill, 1867
Type species
Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867
Species
4, see text.

Coscinasterias is a genus of sea stars of the family Asteriidae.[1]

Species

There are four recognized species:[1]

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
	Coscinasterias acutispina (Stimpson, 1862)	Japan
	Coscinasterias calamaria (Gray, 1840) – Eleven-arm sea star	southern Australia and New Zealand
	Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867 – Splitting star	Indo-Pacific
	Coscinasterias tenuispina (Lamarck 1816) – Blue spiny starfish	Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea

The following are synonyms of other species:

• Coscinasterias brucei (Koehler, 1908): Synonym of Diplasterias brucei (Koehler, 1907)
• Coscinasterias dubia H.L. Clark, 1909: Synonym of Sclerasterias dubia (H.L. Clark, 1909)
• Coscinasterias euplecta Fisher, 1906: Synonym of Sclerasterias euplecta (Fisher, 1906)
• Coscinasterias gemmifera (Perrier, 1869): Synonym of Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867
• Coscinasterias jehennesi (Perrier, 1875): Synonym of Coscinasterias calamaria (Gray, 1840)
• Coscinasterias victoriae Koehler, 1911: Synonym of Diplasterias brucei (Koehler, 1907)

References

1. Mah, C.L. (2021). Mah CL (ed.). "Coscinasterias Verrill, 1867". World Asteroidea Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 5 March 2021.