Animalia > Echinodermata > Asteroidea > Forcipulatida > Asteriidae > Marthasterias > Marthasterias glacialisMarthasterias glacialis (Spiny starfish; piggkorstroll; taggsjöstjärna)Synonyms: Archaster typicus; Asteracanthion glacialis; Asteracanthion webbianus; Asterias africana; Asterias angulosa; Asterias echinophora; Asterias glacialis; Asterias madeirensis; Asterias rarispina; Asterias spinosa (heterotypic); Asterias undulata; Coscinasterias glacialis; Marthasterias foliacea; Marthasterias rarispina; Stellonia angulosa; Stellonia glacialis; Stellonia webbiana; Uraster glacialis Marthasterias is a genus of starfish in the family Asteriidae. It is monotypic and the only species in the genus is Marthasterias glacialis, commonly known as the spiny starfish. It is native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean. |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Ascrib, Isay and Dunvegan |
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6388 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast |
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160731 |
England/Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Fal and Helford |
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15785 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Firth of Lorn |
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51830 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Isle of May |
|
882 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Isles of Scilly Complex |
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66350 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Lands End and Cape Bank |
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74557 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Lizard Point |
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34565 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Loch Laxford |
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3018 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Loch nam Madadh |
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5734 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Lochs Duich, Long and Alsh Reefs |
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5883 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Lundy |
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7573 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Lyme Bay and Torbay |
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77215 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North Rona |
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1553 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Papa Stour |
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5132 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Pembrokeshire Marine/ Sir Benfro Forol |
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341177 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau |
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360832 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Plymouth Sound and Estuaries |
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15820 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sanday |
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27112 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Sound of Arisaig (Loch Ailort to Loch Ceann Traigh) |
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11260 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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South Devon Shore Dock |
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843 |
England, United Kingdom |
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St David`s / Ty Ddewi |
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2312 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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St Kilda |
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62932 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Start Point to Plymouth Sound & Eddystone |
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84204 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sunart |
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25320 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Taynish and Knapdale Woods |
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2388 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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