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Asterias rubens   Linnaeus, 1758

Common starfish

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Netherlands country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Scharendijke (Ref. 114044). C: Ref. 114044.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nl.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Coteur, G., M. Warnau, M. Jangoux and P. Dubois, 2002
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Gemeiner Seestern, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Asteroidea > Forcipulatida () > Asteriidae ()

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; brackish; depth range 0 - 650 m (Ref. 114164), usually 0 - 400 m (Ref. 114164).   Temperate; 72°N - 28°N, 81°W - 42°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Arctic and Atlantic Ocean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 52.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 101440)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the class Asteroidea exhibit both asexual (regeneration and clonal) and sexual (gonochoric) means of reproduction. Life cycle: Embryos hatch into planktonic larvae and later metamorphose into pentamorous juveniles which develop into young sea stars with stubby arms.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Harms, J. 1993. (Ref. 2711)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fisheries: ; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 6.3 - 10.2, mean 9.7 (based on 19 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.