Species Detail - Common starfish (Asterias rubens) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Irish Lagoon Surveys".
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
2
2
2
08/09/1996
31/10/2017
1 January (recorded in 1985)
29 December (recorded in 2021)
Geoff Oliver and Eddie McCormack, Irish Lagoon Surveys, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common starfish (Asterias rubens), accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/303/Species/27416