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Asterias rubens, Print, The common starfish, common sea star or sugar starfish (Asterias rubens) is the most common and familiar starfish in the north-east Atlantic. Belonging to the family Asteriidae, it has five arms and usually grows to between 10-30 cm across, although larger specimens (up to 52 cm across) are known. The common starfish is usually orange or brown, and sometimes violet; deep-water specimens are pale. The common starfish is to be found on rocky and gravelly substrates where it feeds on molluscs and other benthic invertebrates.

Asterias rubens, Print, The common starfish, common sea star or sugar starfish (Asterias rubens) is the most common and familiar starfish in the north-east Atlantic. Belonging to the family Asteriidae, it has five arms and usually grows to between 10-30 cm across, although larger specimens (up to 52 cm across) are known. The common starfish is usually orange or brown, and sometimes violet; deep-water specimens are pale. The common starfish is to be found on rocky and gravelly substrates where it feeds on molluscs and other benthic invertebrates.
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Asterias rubens, Print, The common starfish, common sea star or sugar starfish (Asterias rubens) is the most common and familiar starfish in the north-east Atlantic. Belonging to the family Asteriidae, it has five arms and usually grows to between 10-30 cm across, although larger specimens (up to 52 cm across) are known. The common starfish is usually orange or brown, and sometimes violet; deep-water specimens are pale. The common starfish is to be found on rocky and gravelly substrates where it feeds on molluscs and other benthic invertebrates.
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Keywords:
10-30 CM ACROSS • 52 CM ACROSS • ALTHOUGH LARGER SPECIMENS • ASTERIAS RUBENS • ASTERIIDAE • BELONGING • BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES • BROWN • COMMON SEA STAR • COMMON STARFISH • COMMON • DEEP-WATER SPECIMENS • FAMILIAR STARFISH • FAMILIAR • FAMILY • FEEDS • FIVE ARMS • GENERAL • GRAVELLY SUBSTRATES • MOLLUSCA • MOLLUSCS • MOLLUSKS • NORTH-EAST ATLANTIC • PALE • PRINT • ROCKY • SOMETIMES VIOLET • SUGAR STARFISH • UP • USUALLY GROWS • USUALLY ORANGE