Common sea star
Asterias rubens
Category: Starfish
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Asteroidea
- Order
- Forcipulatida
- Family
- Asteriidae
- Genus
- Asterias
Where to Find
Found in 12 diving areas across 5 countries and 2 regions.
- Bornholm, Denmark - 439 records
- North Sea Coast, Denmark - 2441 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 1052 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 472 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 4069 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 2156 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 1495 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 1889 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 950 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 2351 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 64 records
- Nova Scotia, Canada - 52 records