Species Detail - Sand Star (Astropecten irregularis) - 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
Astropecten irregularis
Sand Star
NBNSYS0000174007 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
asirr
(Pennant, 1777)
Echinoderm
Species
12
10
8
22/08/2020
15/03/2024
6 January (recorded in 2022)
28 December (recorded in 2021)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Explore Your Shore, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Sand Star (Astropecten irregularis), accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/305/Species/27420

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)