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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Spinulosida |
| Family: | Echinasteridae |
| Genus: | Echinaster |
| Species: | E. sepositus
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| Binomial name | |
| Echinaster sepositus Retzius, 1805
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Echinaster sepositus, the Mediterranean red sea star (sometimes only red sea star, but this name is also used for other species), is a species of starfish from the East Atlantic, including the Mediterranean Sea.[1][2]
- ^ Villamor, A.; and M. A. Becerro. (2010). Matching spatial distributions of the sea star Echinaster sepositus and crustose coralline algae in shallow rocky Mediterranean communities. Marine Biology 157: 2241-2251.
- ^ Raisch, A. (2012). Variation of Habitat for Echinaster sepositus and Implications for Habitat Preference. University of California Santa Cruz, Marine Biology.