Species Detail - Common starfish (Asterias rubens) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Explore Your Shore".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map
Asterias rubens
Common starfish
NBNSYS0000174000 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
asrub
Linnaeus, 1758
Echinoderm
Species
163
73
41
25/07/2003
03/01/2025
1 January (recorded in 1985)
29 December (recorded in 2021)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Explore Your Shore, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common starfish (Asterias rubens), accessed 16 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/305/Species/27416>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)