Species Detail - Common starfish (Asterias rubens) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "SeaSearch records from Irish coastal waters".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Asterias rubens
Common starfish
NBNSYS0000174000
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
asrub
Linnaeus, 1758
Echinoderm
Species
1339
143
56
19/10/2003
17/10/2021
1 January (recorded in 1985)
29 December (recorded in 2021)
Seasearch, SeaSearch records from Irish coastal waters, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common starfish (Asterias rubens), accessed 16 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/158/Species/27416>