''Asterina'' is a

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of asteroideans in the

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Asterinidae The Asterinidae are a large family of sea stars in the order Valvatida. Description and characteristics These are generally small sea stars, flattened dorsally and bearing very short arms, often giving a pentagonal shape in the body ;example: ...

. The species occurring in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

n waters are considered to not be congeneric with the type species ''A. gibbosa'' ( Pennant, 1777) by Rowe and Gates (1995), and will possibly be assigned to another genus or a new genus. Rowe and Gates (1995) also suggested that ''Asterina'' should be restricted to Atlantic waters.Rowe, F. & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In Wells, A. (Ed.), ''Zoological Catalogue of Australia'', Volume 33. Melbourne: CSIRO Australia.

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*'' Asterina fimbriata'' Perrier, 1875Perrier, E. (1875). ''Revision de la Collection de Stellerides du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris''. Paris: C. Reinwald. *'' Asterina gibbosa'' ( Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). ''British Zoology. Vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea''. London: Benj. White. *'' Asterina gracilispina'' Clark, 1923Clark, H. L. (1923). The echinoderm fauna of South Africa. ''Annals of the South African Museum'', 13, 221–435. *'' Asterina hoensonae'' O'Loughlin, 2009O'Loughlin, P. M. (2009). New asterinid species from Africa and Australia (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Asterinidae). ''Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria'', 66, 203–213. *'' Asterina krausii'' Gray, 1840Gray, J. E. (1840). A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (''Asterias'' Linnaeus). ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History'', 6, 175–184. *'' Asterina lorioli'' Kœhler, 1910Kœhler, R. (1910). ''An Account of the Shallow-water Asteroidea''. Volume 2. Calcutta: Indian Museum. *'' Asterina martinbarriosi'' López-Márquez, Acevedo, Manjón-Cabeza, García-Jiménez, Templado & Machordom, 2018López-Márquez, V., Acevedo, I., Manjón-Cabeza, M., García-Jiménez, R., Templado, J. & Machordom, A. (2018). Looking for morphological evidence of cryptic species in ''Asterina'' Nardo, 1834 (Echinodermata: Asteroidea); the redescription of ''Asterina pancerii'' (Gasco, 1870) and the description of two new species. ''Invertebrate Systematics'', 32(3), 505–523. *'' Asterina pancerii'' (Gasco, 1876)Gasco, F. (1876). Descrizione di alcuni Echinodermi nuovi o per la prima volta trovati nel Mediterraneo. ''Rendiconti dell' Academia delle Science Fisiche e Mathematiche, Napoli'', 15, 32–41. *'' Asterina phylactica'' Emson & Crump, 1979Emson, R. H. & Crump, R. G. (1979). Description of a new species of ''Asterina'' (Asteroidea), with an account of its ecology. ''Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom'', 59, 77–94. *'' Asterina pusilla'' Perrier, 1875 *'' Asterina pygmaea'' Verrill, 1878Verrill, A. E. (1878). Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the eastern coast of North America, No. 2. ''The American Journal of Science and Arts'', 3rd series, 16(91–96), 371–378. *'' Asterina squamata'' Perrier, 1875 *'' Asterina stellaris'' Perrier, 1875 *'' Asterina stellifera'' (Möbius, 1859)Möbius, K. (1859). Neue seesterne des Hamburger und Kieler Museums. ''Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissemschaften'', 4, 1–14. **'' Asterina stellifera obtusa'' Leipoldt, 1895Leipoldt, F. (1895). Asteroidea der „Vettor-Pissani-“ Expedition (1882–1885). ''Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie'', 59, 545–654. *'' Asterina vicentae'' López-Márquez, Acevedo, Manjón-Cabeza, García-Jiménez, Templado & Machordom, 2018

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