-sepositus-0m.jpg "Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus")
Illes Medes, Spain, 18 meters, 2018, WBN
-sepositus-1p.jpg "Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus")
Camaret, France, 13 meters, 2009, WBN
Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus is a starfish of up to 20 cm in diameter, but which can reach sometimes up to 30 cm. It has five long cylindrical tapering arms surrounding a small central disc. Its surface is covered by numerous small craters and its colour is bright red-orange. It lives on rocky bottoms.
Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus is found from 1 m to 250 m deep. It is common in the Mediterranean Sea, on the French coasts of the English channel and on the African coasts down to the Equator. In other areas of the North-East Atlantic Ocean, it is rare or even absent.
Source : World Register of Marine Species
Biota (Monde)
Animalia (Règne)
Echinodermata (Embranchement)
Asterozoa (Sous-embranchement)
Asteroidea (Classe)
Ambuloasteroidea (Sous-classe)
Neoasteroidea (Infra-classe)
Spinulosacea (Super-ordre)
Spinulosida (Ordre)
Echinasteridae (Famille)
Echinaster (Genre)
Echinaster (Echinaster) (Sous-genre)
Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus (Espèce)
Text :Anne Bay-Nouailhat © 2005 - 2026.
Photos : © Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat. Published with his kind permission.
Image satellite: © Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AeroGRID, IGN, and the GIS User Community.
Données de distribution : Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus (Retzius, 1783) in GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-07-21.
Source : World Register of Marine Species
Biota (Monde)
Animalia (Règne)
Echinodermata (Embranchement)
Asterozoa (Sous-embranchement)
Asteroidea (Classe)
Ambuloasteroidea (Sous-classe)
Neoasteroidea (Infra-classe)
Spinulosacea (Super-ordre)
Spinulosida (Ordre)
Echinasteridae (Famille)
Echinaster (Genre)
Echinaster (Echinaster) (Sous-genre)
Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus (Espèce)
Text : Anne Bay-Nouailhat © 2005 - 2026.
Photos : © Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat. Published with his kind permission.
Bay-Nouailhat A., February 2005, Description de Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus, [En ligne] https://www.mer-littoral.org/uk/30/echinaster-(echinaster)-sepositus.php, consultée le 21 juillet 2026.
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