> [!summary]- Classification **Kingdom**:: [Animalia](Animalia.md) **Phylum**:: [Echinodermata](Echinodermata.md) **Subphylum**:: [Asterozoa](Asterozoa.md) **Superclass**:: **Class**:: Asteroidea **Subclass**:: **Superorder**:: **Order**:: Spinulosida **Suborder**:: **Superfamily**:: **Family**:: Echinasteridae **Subfamily**:: **Genus**:: Echinaster **Species**:: E. sepositus **Vernacular**:: Red starfish ## Photos ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1699803220/obsidian/Mediterran%C3%A9e/2023-11-12%20-%20Les%20Rosiers/PB120290_qy0now.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1699803220/obsidian/Mediterran%C3%A9e/2023-11-12%20-%20Les%20Rosiers/PB120290_qy0now.jpg) *[139 - 2023-11-12 - Les Rosiers - La Ciotat - France](139%20-%202023-11-12%20-%20Les%20Rosiers%20-%20La%20Ciotat%20-%20France.md)* ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1698702790/obsidian/Mediterran%C3%A9e/2023-07-30%20-%20Pointe%20de%20Seneyrolles%20w%20Jennifer/P7300159_ymubdz.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1698702790/obsidian/Mediterran%C3%A9e/2023-07-30%20-%20Pointe%20de%20Seneyrolles%20w%20Jennifer/P7300159_ymubdz.jpg) *[137 - 2023-07-30 - Pointe de Seneyrolles - La Ciotat - France](137%20-%202023-07-30%20-%20Pointe%20de%20Seneyrolles%20-%20La%20Ciotat%20-%20France.md) - With two [Halocynthia papillosa - Red seasquirt](Halocynthia%20papillosa%20-%20Red%20seasquirt.md), on a pre-corraligeneous.* ## Notes A really easy to see starfish, rather common in Mediterranean sea. ## References - https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Echinaster-Echinaster-sepositus-Etoile-de-mer-rouge-260/(rOffset)/16 - [Découvrir la vie sous-marine - Méditerranée - Steven Weinberg](Découvrir%20la%20vie%20sous-marine%20-%20Méditerranée%20-%20Steven%20Weinberg.md) p369