Species Detail - Common Sun Star (Crossaster papposus) - 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).
Crossaster papposus
Common Sun Star
NBNSYS0000174768
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
crpap
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Echinoderm
Species
277
38
22
19/10/2003
29/08/2021
6 January (recorded in 2013)
14 December (recorded in 2003)
Seasearch, SeaSearch records from Irish coastal waters, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common Sun Star (Crossaster papposus), accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/158/Species/27423