🪱Common starfish
The common starfish, common sea star or sugar starfish is the most common and familiar starfish in the north-east Atlantic. Belonging to the family Asteriidae, it has five arms and usually grows to between 10–30 cm across, although larger specimens are known. The common starfish is usually orange or brownish in color, and sometimes violet; specimens found in deeper waters are pale. The common starfish is found on rocky and gravelly substrates where it feeds on mollusks and other benthic invertebrates.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Asterias rubens yet.
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Everything we know about the Common starfish
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Bell width0.52 mmaximum recorded, width / bell diameterSeaLifeBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumEchinodermata
- ›classAsteroidea
- ›orderForcipulatida
- ›familyAsteriidae
- ›genusAsterias
- ›speciesAsterias rubens
- kingdomMetazoa
- superclassAsterozoa
- classAsteroidea
- genusAsterias
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