AnimalsA starfish, or sea star, usually has five arms, with rows of tiny tube feet underneath. It can regrow a lost arm. It feeds on mussels by pulling the shells apart and pushing its stomach inside.
Quick facts
- Scientific name
- Asterias rubens
- Group
- Invertebrates
- Diet
- Carnivore (eats other animals)
- Lives in
- North-east Atlantic Ocean
- Habitat
- Rocky shores and sea floor
- A young one is called
- larva
- A group is called
- galaxy or constellation
- Conservation status
- No category in our data
How it is classified
Scientists sort living things into groups within groups. Reading down, each step is a smaller group, ending with the species itself.
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Echinodermata
- Class Asteroidea
- Order Forcipulatida
- Family Asteriidae
- Genus Asterias
- Species Asterias rubens
Classification follows the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Other reference works arrange some groups differently. How classification works.
Is it in danger?
No Red List category for the common starfish was found in our data source. What the categories mean.