Phil Garner, Southern California Marine Life, USA
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Asterias amurensis Lutken, 1871
Asterias amurensis is a large starfish that likes to settle on scallop longlines, mussel and oyster lines and salmon cages. Asterias amurensis can be distributed via seawater during trade with live fish and has spread from its original home to more distant areas and is therefore considered an invasive species.
The North Pacific starfish can be spread unintentionally by recreational craft, ballast water and ship hulls, this can also be transmitted by seawater through the trade of live fish
The carnivorous starfish has a rather large prey spectrum and does not shy away from cannibalism when other food is not available.
The big starfish itself is on the menu of / from:
Cod (Gadus morhua Linnaeus 1758)
Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus 1758) (Haddock)
Plaice / Goldbutt (Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus 1758)
American sole (Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius 1780))
Similar species: Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson, 1857), Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson, 1857), Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt, 1835)
Synonyms:
Allasterias migrata Sladen, 1879
Allasterias rathbuni var. nortonensis Verrill, 1909 †
Asteracanthion rubens var. migratum Doderlein, 1879 (referred to A. amurensis by A.M. Clark due to "Korean Seas" locality)
Asterias acervispinis Djakonov, 1950
Asterias amurensis f. acervispinis Djakonov, 1950
Asterias amurensis f. flabellifera Djakonov, 1950
Asterias amurensis f. gracilispinis Djakonov, 1950
Asterias amurensis f. latissima Djakonov, 1950
Asterias flabellifera Djakonov, 1950
Asterias gracilispinis Djakonov, 1950
Asterias latissima Djakonov, 1950
Asterias pectinata Brandt, 1835 (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))
Asterias rubens var. migratum Sladen, 1879
Parasterias albertensis Verrill, 1914 (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))
Asterias amurensis is a large starfish that likes to settle on scallop longlines, mussel and oyster lines and salmon cages. Asterias amurensis can be distributed via seawater during trade with live fish and has spread from its original home to more distant areas and is therefore considered an invasive species.
The North Pacific starfish can be spread unintentionally by recreational craft, ballast water and ship hulls, this can also be transmitted by seawater through the trade of live fish
The carnivorous starfish has a rather large prey spectrum and does not shy away from cannibalism when other food is not available.
The big starfish itself is on the menu of / from:
Cod (Gadus morhua Linnaeus 1758)
Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus 1758) (Haddock)
Plaice / Goldbutt (Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus 1758)
American sole (Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius 1780))
Similar species: Pisaster brevispinus (Stimpson, 1857), Pisaster giganteus (Stimpson, 1857), Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt, 1835)
Synonyms:
Allasterias migrata Sladen, 1879
Allasterias rathbuni var. nortonensis Verrill, 1909 †
Asteracanthion rubens var. migratum Doderlein, 1879 (referred to A. amurensis by A.M. Clark due to "Korean Seas" locality)
Asterias acervispinis Djakonov, 1950
Asterias amurensis f. acervispinis Djakonov, 1950
Asterias amurensis f. flabellifera Djakonov, 1950
Asterias amurensis f. gracilispinis Djakonov, 1950
Asterias amurensis f. latissima Djakonov, 1950
Asterias flabellifera Djakonov, 1950
Asterias gracilispinis Djakonov, 1950
Asterias latissima Djakonov, 1950
Asterias pectinata Brandt, 1835 (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))
Asterias rubens var. migratum Sladen, 1879
Parasterias albertensis Verrill, 1914 (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))
