Asteriidae Asteriidae
Asterias
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).
an asterias rubens is a type of starfish
The scientific name for starfish is Asteroidea.
Asterias
It's a common starfish. -- There is actually no such thing as a "starfish", as they are not fish. They are Sea Stars. There are many different kinds, but they are all sea stars and not starfish.
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Asterozoa Class : Asteroidea Order : Phanaerozonia Family: Ophidiasteridae Genus: Asterias
Asterias Forbesii
Asterias rubens
Asterias forbesii
Asterias rubens for the common starfish well that's the scientific name any way.
The crown of thorns starfish, Ochre Star, Asterias rubensor common starfish, and there is probably a few thousand more... Wikipedia helped me find the answers listed here, try looking there too.