Adelasterias

Adelasterias is a genus of starfish in the family Asteriidae, first described by Addison [Emery Verrill|Verrill] in 1914. It has a single species, Adelasterias papillosa.

Species

The genus contains a single species, Adelasterias papillosa, named by René Koehler in 1906 for its many papillae, or protuberances. Koehler originally assigned it to Diplasterias.