what is the starfish scientific name
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 â¦ Asterina miniata (where Asterina is the Genus name and miniata is the species name).2 people found this useful.ell a starfish is called a starfish because,it is shaped like a star. (answer found by 10 year old Katie Shymonowicz(Shy-mon-o-witz) Katie is right, but I must add that a â¦ starfish is no longer called a starfish.