What is a scientific name for a starfish?

Answer 1

Starfish belong to the class Asteroidea. The scientific name of a particular species consists of the Genus name followed by the species name. An example for starfish would be Asterina miniata (where Asterina is the Genus name and miniata is the species name).

Answer 2

It depends on the species of the starfish. There are almost 2,000 species of starfish living in the world's oceans. You'd have to narrow this question down a little bit in order for it to be answered.

If you want the genus and species name for the common sea star, it is Asterias rubens.

Answer 3

Echinodermata is the species name for starfishes.

Answer 4

well... there's HORSES and lots of other animals names that end with es but thats wrong! It actually is called starphie

Answer 5

another name for a starfish is sea stars.

Answer 6

Genus is:Acanthaster

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Answer 7

Asterias rubens

Answer 8

starfish genus : Asterias species: rubens

Answer 9

Sea Star