Spiny Starfish (Marthasterias glacialis)

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Marthasterias glacialis

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Spiny Starfish

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Taxonomy

Class

Asteroidea

Order

Forcipulatida

Family

Asteriidae

Where to find it

common

Montenegro South Africa (Cape)Spain (Galicia)

occasional

France (Atlantic)Gibraltar Ireland Portugal Sweden United Kingdom

Other species in Asteriidae

Common Sea Star (Asterias rubens)

Asterias rubens

Common Sea Star

Blue Spiny Starfish (Coscinasterias tenuispina)

Coscinasterias tenuispina

Blue Spiny Starfish

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