Maryland Biodiversity Project - Common Sea Star (Asterias forbesi)

Common Sea Star Asterias forbesi (Desor, 1848)

Synonyms: Forbes Sea Star.

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea > Order Forcipulatida > Family Asteriidae > Genus Asterias Common Sea Star - Asterias forbesi - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/18294

Found in the northwestern Atlantic and the saltier waters of the lower Chesapeake Bay.

Feeds on bivalves and other marine invertebrates.

There are 5 records in the project database.

A Common Sea Star falls prey to a Herring Gull in Worcester Co., Maryland (11/4/2007). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Common Sea Star collected 40 miles offshore of NJ by the VIMS Scallop Survey (5/31/2017). Photo by Robert Aguilar, SERC. (MBP list)

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