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Common Sea Star

Asterias rubens

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 3,971, February 2,933, March 4,595, April 7,229, May 10,423, June 11,365, July 12,162, August 10,459, September 7,679, October 5,732, November 3,132, December 2,448.
United States83,741
Alaska82,116
Canada6,068
Quebec2,561
Maine760
Nova Scotia521
United Kingdom389
Netherlands366
Denmark247
Newfoundland and Labrador155

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • RegenerationCan regrow lost body partsFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumEchinoderms · Echinodermata
ClassSea Stars · Asteroidea
OrderForcipulatidan Sea Stars · Forcipulatida
FamilyAsteriid Sea Stars · Asteriidae
GenusAsterias

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