Asterias rubens, Linné. 
Web, INU, me, idk Tab, 1NV, Iie, 10, 
1710. Stella marina, Reaumur. Histoire de | Academie 
d. se. 1710, bei Linck, pag. 89. 
1733. Stella coriacea vulgaris, Linck. De Stellis marinis, 
pag. 31, Tab. 36, No. 61. 
1733. Tetractis petaloides, Linck. Tab. 30, No. 50. 
1735. Asterzas rubens, Linné. Syst. nat. pag. 1099. 
1776. Asterias rubens, O. Fr. Miiller. Zoologiæ danicæ 
Prodromus, pag. 2830. 
1783. —Asterias rubens, Retzius. Vetensk. Akad. Handl. IV, 
pag. 236. 
1788. Asterzas rubens, O. Fr. Miller. Zool. dan. 2 Fase. 
pag. 7, Tab. 46. 
1788. Asterias violacea, ibid. 
1788.  Asterias rubens, Gmelin. Syst. pag. 3161. 
1834.  Stellonia rubens, Nardo. Isis. 
1839. Stellomia rubens, Forbes. Echinod. of Irish Sea, 
Mem. of Wern. Soc. Tom. VIII, pag. 121. 
1841.  Uraster rubens, Forbes. Hist. of British Starfish, 
pag. 83, fig. 
1841.  Uraster violaceus, Forbes, ibid. pag. 91. 
1842. Asteracanthion rubens, Miller & Troschel. Syst. d. 
Asteriden, pag. 17. 
1861.  <Asteracanthion rubens, M. Sars. Oversigt af Nor- 
ges Echinodermer 1861. 
1862. Asterias rubens, Norman. Ann. & Magaz. af Nat. 
Histor. 3 Series, Vol. XV, pag. 128. . 
1869.  Asteracanthion rubens, Ed. Perrier. Recherches sur 
les Pédicellaires & Ambul., pag. 228, pl. 17, fig. 2- 
Ann. des se. naturelles, 5 Sér. Tom. [XII. 
1875. Asterias rubens, Ed. Perrier. Archives de Zoolo- 
gie expérimentale et générale pag. 311, Vol. IV. 
1875. Asterias violacea, E. Perrier, ibid. 
Findested. 
Sognefjord. 100 Fayne. Fimmarken. 
Denne yderst almindelige Søstjerne langs Norges Kyst 
forekommer under to Farvevarieteter, hvoraf der til for- 
skjellige Tider og af forskjellige Forfattere har været dan- 
net to Arter, nemlig Asterzas rubens og Ast. violacea. Disse 
to findes paa mange Steder 1 det sydlige Norge sammen, 
den violette 
findes; forøvrigt er den udbredt i alle europæiske Have, ja 
endogsaa ved de japanesiske Kyster efter Ed. v. Martens's 
Opgivende. 
medens i Finmarken næsten udelukkende kun 
Asterias rubens, Linné. 
To TA 0 
1710. Stella marina, Reaumur. Histoire de I Academie d. 
Se. 1710 bei Linek, pag. 89. 
1733. Stella coriacea vulgaris, Linck. De Stellis marinis, 
pag. 31, Tab. 36, No. 61. 
1733. —Tetractis petaloides, Linck. Tab. 30, No. 50. 
1735. Asterzas rubens, Linné. Syst. nat. pag. 1099. 
1776. Asterzas rubens, O. Fr. Miiller.  Zoologiæ danicæ 
Prodomus, pag. 2830. 
1783.  Asterias rubens, Retzius.  Vetensk. Akad. Handl. LV, 
pag. 236. 
1788. Asterzas rubens, O. Fr. Miller. Zool. dan. 2 Fase. 
pag. 7, Tab. 46. 
1788.  Asterzas violacea, ibid. 
1788. Asterzas rubens, Gmelin. Syst. pag. 3161. 
1834. .Stellonia rubens, Nardo. Isis. 
1839.  Stellomia rubens, Forbes. Echinod. of Irish Sea, 
Mem. of Wern. Soc. Tom. VIII, pag. 121. 
1841.  Uraster rubens, Forbes. Hist. of British Starfish, 
pag. 83, fig. 
1841.  Uraster violaceus, Forbes, ibid. pag. 91. 
1842. Asteracanthion rubens, Miller & Troschel. Syst. d. 
Asteriden, pag. 17. 
1861. Asteracanthion rubens, M. Sars. Oversigt af Nor- 
ges Echinodermer 1861. 
1862.  Asterias rubens, Norman. Ann. and Magaz. of Nat. 
Histor. 3 Series. Vol. XV, pag. 128. 
1869. Asteracanthion rubens, Ed. Perrier. Recherches sur 
les Pédicellaires et Ambul. pag. 228, pl. 17, fig. 2. 
Ann. des se. naturelles,.5 Sér. Tom. XII. 
1875.  Asterias rubens, Ed. Perrier. Archives de Zoolo- 
vie, expérimentale et génerale, pag. 311, Vol. IV. 
1875.  Asterias violacea, E. Perrier, ibid. 
Habitat. 
Sognefjord. 100 Fathoms. Finmarken. 
This starfish is extremely common along the Norweg- 
ian coast, and is met with in 2 varieties of colour, from 
which, there has at different times, and by different writ- 
ers, been formed 2 species, viz. Asterias rubens and Aster- 
ias violacea. Both of them are found together in many 
places in the south of Norway; whilst the violet coloured 
variety, alone, is, almost exclusively, found in Finmark. 
Otherwise, it is distributed in all the European seas; and 
is even found on the Japanese coast according to a state- 
ment of Ed. y. Martens. 
