Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777)
(Cushion Star)

Asterina gibbosa (Cushion Star) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAsterina gibbosa (Cushion Star)
GenusAsterina (Zoo.) (a genus of echinoderms)
FamilyASTERINIDAE (cushion stars)
OrderVALVATIDA (an order of echinoderms)
SuperorderVALVATACEA (a superfamily of molluscs)
ClassASTEROIDEA (starfish)
SubphylumASTEROZOA (a subphylum of echinoderms)
PhylumECHINODERMATA (starfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Asterina gibbosa (Cushion Star)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Crump, R.G. & Emson, R.H. 1983 The natural history, life history and ecology of the two British species of Asterina Field Studies 5(5): 867-882.

Asterina gibbosa (Cushion Star) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Asterina gibbosa (Cushion Star):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 21 images of Asterina gibbosa (Cushion Star)
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