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Common starfish
Common starfish
(Asterias rubens)
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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Asteroidea
Order
Forcipulatida
Family
Asteriidae
Genus
Asterias
(1)
Size
Diameter: 15 cm
(2)
Status
Widespread in Britain
(3)
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