Species Detail - Common Sun Star (Crossaster papposus) - 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).
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Crossaster papposus
Common Sun Star
NBNSYS0000174768 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
crpap
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Echinoderm
Species
2
1
1
18/04/2021
01/05/2022
6 January (recorded in 2013)
14 December (recorded in 2003)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Explore Your Shore, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common Sun Star (Crossaster papposus), accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/305/Species/27423

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)