Summary description from Wikipedia:

Asterias rubens in languages:

Bokmål

vanlig korstroll

Danish

Almindelig søstjerne

Dutch

Gewone zeester

English

Purple Starfish

English

Common Starfish

English

Common Sea Star

English

Atlantic Common Sea Star

English

Common Seastar

French

Étoile de mer commune

German

Gemeiner Seestern

Portuguese

Estrela-do-mar-comum

Russian

Красный астериас

Swedish

Vanlig sjöstjärna

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Parent Taxon

• Asterias

Sibling Taxa

• Asterias amurensis
• Asterias argonauta
• Asterias forbesi
• Asterias microdiscus
• Asterias rathbuni
• Asterias rollestoni
• Asterias rubens
• Asterias versicolor

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