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Asterias rubens (Gemeiner Seestern, common starfish) (28765195996)🪱

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🪱Common starfish

Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758

A estrela-do-mar-comum (Asterias rubens) é uma espécie de equinodermo asteroideo da família Asteriidae, é o mais comum e familiar das estrelas-do-mar no nordeste do Oceano Atlântico. Possui cinco braços e geralmente cresce para entre 10 e 30 cm de diâmetro, embora os espécimes maiores (de até 52 cm de diâmetro) são conhecidos. A estrela-do-mar-comum é geralmente laranja ou marrom, e às vezes violeta; amostras de águas profundas são pálidos. Pode ser encontrada em substratos rochosos e cascalho onde se alimenta de moluscos e outros bentônicos invertebrados.

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Also called
Asterias rubens, Common sea star
Conservation status
Not evaluated

The IUCN Red List has not assessed Asterias rubens yet.

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Body mass
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Bell width
0.52 mmaximum recorded, width / bell diameter
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Source: SeaLifeBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

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gewone zeester (nl), estel de mar comú (ca), Asterias rubens (es), punameritähti (fi), Asterias rubens (fr), vanlig korstroll (nb) … and 17 more languages
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