Asteroidea - Forcipulatida - Asteriidae
Alternative combination: Uraster rubens
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Asterias according to C. Linnaeus 1758
See also Forbes 1852
Sister taxa: Asterias (Archaeasterias), Asterias arenicola, Asterias bituminosa, Asterias deslongchampsi, Asterias dubium, Asterias gaveyi, Asterias lincki, Asterias planci, Asterias propinqua, Asterias punctulata, Asterias ranvillensis, Asterias remondii, Asterias stellionura, Asteracanthion oolithicum
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Asterias rubens in the database
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