Asterias rubens

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gemeiner Seestern (Asterias rubens)
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lexID:: 2128
AphiaID:: 123776

Scientific:: Asterias rubens
German:: Gemeiner Seestern
English:: Common Starfish

Category:: Etoiles de mer
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatida (Order) > Asteriidae (Family) > Asterias (Genus) > rubens (Species)
Initial determination:: Linnaeus, 1758

Occurrence:: the Isle of Man, Skagerrak, White Sea, Russland, Arctic (North Polar Sea), Marmara Sea ( Sea of Marmara), Atlantique Est, Atlantique nord, Canada, Espagne, Floride, golfe du Mexique, îles britanniques, Islande, littoraux européens, Mer Baltique, Mer du Nord, Mer Noire, Pacifique Sud, Portugal, Scandinavie, USA
Sea depth:: 0 - 200 Meter
Size:: 20 cm - 60 cm
Temperature:: 4°C - 20°C
Food:: Predatory, Carnivore, Carrion, Comprimés alimentaires, étoiles de mer, moules, oursin
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Not available as offspring

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown
CITES:: Not evaluated
Red List:: Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Asterias amurensis
Nordpazifischer Seestern
Asterias argonauta
Asterias forbesi
Asterias microdiscus
Asterias rathbuni
Asterias rollestoni
Asterias rubens
Gemeiner Seestern
Asterias versicolor

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2007-01-29 20:51:29
Last edit:: 2020-07-19 15:56:55

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Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758

Lower shore to more than 200 m depth, on rock gravel and sand; very common all round the British Isles

Host/prey of Pseudanthessius dubius Sars G.O., 1918 Feedingtype: ectoparasitic, Stage: adult
Host/prey of Scottomyzon gibberum (Scott T. & Scott A., 1894) Feedingtype: ectoparasitic, Stage: adult

Synonym:
Asteracanthion distichum
Asteracanthion rubens
Asteracanthion violaceus
Asterias attenuata
Asterias clathrata
Asterias disticha
Asterias fabricii
Asterias gigantea
Asterias glacialis
Asterias holsatica
Asterias minuta
Asterias murrayi
Asterias pallida
Asterias rubens violacea
Asterias spinosa
Asterias stimpsoni
Asterias violacea
Asterias vulgaris
Stellonia rubens
Uraster rubens
rUraster violaceus

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatacea (Superorder) > Forcipulatida (Order) > rAsteriidae (Family) > Asterias (Genus) > Asterias rubens (Species)

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