Solaster endeca

The purple sunstar, northern sunstar, or smooth sun star, Solaster endeca, is a species of starfish in the family Solasteridae.

Solaster endeca
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Solasteridae
Genus: Solaster
Species:
S. endeca
Binomial name
Solaster endeca
(Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms
  • Asterias alboverrucosa Brandt, 1835
  • Asterias aspera O.F. Müller, 1776
  • Asterias endeca Linnaeus, 1771
  • Asterias rumphii Parelius, 1768
  • Solaster endeca decemradiata Sladen, 1889
  • Solaster galaxides Verrill, 1909
  • Solaster intermedius Sluiter, 1895
  • Stellonia endeca L. Agassiz, 1836
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