Husbandry
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)