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Asterias amurensis Lutken, 1871

Common name	Northern Pacific seastar, Japanese common starfish
Synonyms	Allasterias rathbuni nortonens Verrill, 1909 Allasterias rathbuni var. anom Verrill, 1909 Allasterias rathbuni var. nort Verrill, 1919 Asterias amurensis f. gracilispinis Djakonov, 1950 Asterias amurensis f. Acervispinis Djakonov, 1950 Asterias amurensis f. flabellifera Djakonov, 1950 Parasterias albertensis Verrill, 1914 Asterias amurensis f. Latissima Djakonov, 1950 Asterias amurensis f. robusta Djakonov, 1950 Asterias anomala Clark, 1913 Asterias nortonensis Clark, 1920 Asterias pectinata Brandt, 1835 Asterias rubens Murdoch, 1885
IUCN Red List status (2014)	Not Reported
Habitat	-
Systematics	Eukaryota; Metazoa; Echinodermata; Eleutherozoa; Asterozoa; Asteroidea; Forcipulatacea; Forcipulatida; Asteriidae.
Geographical distribution	-
Occurrence	-
Importance	Not reported
Remarks	Included in the list of the world's 100 worst invasive species.
Karyological information
Geographical area of study	Hashirimizu, Kanagawa Prefecture
Source of chromosomes	Blastulae (embryo)
Number of specimens with sex	Not reported
Diploid chromosome number	44
Karyotype formula	24m+14sm+6t
Fundamental arm number	Not reported
Chromosome length	1 to 5
Sex chromosome	Not detected
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH	NORs located on 3 telocentric chromosome pairs.
Reference	Saotome K, Komatsu M (2002). Chromosomes of Japanese starfishes. Zoological Science 19:1095-1103.
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