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Asterina is a genus of small sea stars within the family Asterinidae. It has over thirty described species.
The species occurring in Australian waters (A. anomala, H.L. Clark, 1921;'' A. atyphoida'' H.L. Clark, 1916; '' A. cepheus'' (Müller and Troschel, 1842) A. coronata von Martens, 1866; A. heteractis H.L. Clark,1938 ; A. inopinata Livingstone, 1933; A. sarasini (de Loriol, 1897) and'' A. scobinata'' Livingstone, 1933) are considered not congeneric with the type species Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777) by Rowe (in Rowe and Gates, 1995) and will possibly to assigned to another genus or a new genus. In the same book, Rowe suggested that Asterina should be restricted to Atlantic waters.
There is not yet enough adequate molecular evidence for a definite assignment of the species mentioned below to the genus Asterina.
Asterina is a large genus of fungi in the Asterinaceae family. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown ( incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any order. The genus was circumscribed by French mycologist Joseph-Henri Léveillé in 1845.
Asterina may refer to:
- Asterina (starfish), a starfish genus in the family Asterinidae
- Asterina (fungus), a fungus genus in the family Asterinaceae