Species Detail - Red Starfish (Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Water Framework Directive (WFD) Benthos Monitoring (Ireland) 2012 - ongoing".

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
Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus
Red Starfish
NHMSYS0021054061 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
ecsep
(Retzius, 1783)
Echinoderm
Species
3
3
3
06/09/2012
01/10/2014
4 February (recorded in 2013)
1 October (recorded in 2014)
Marine Institute, Water Framework Directive (WFD) Benthos Monitoring (Ireland) 2012 - ongoing, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Red Starfish (Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus), accessed 15 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/440/Species/286598

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)