VU — Vulnerable

Purple Sun Star

Solaster endeca

Conservation status data sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Countries

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01 — Classification

Taxonomy & Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Echinodermata

Class

Asteroidea

Order

Valvatida

Family

Solasteridae

Genus

Solaster

Purple Sun Star belongs to the family Solasteridae, order Valvatida, within the Asteroidea class.

03 — Habitat

Habitat & Distribution

MARINEMajor

06 — Range

Found in 18 Countries

Canada Denmark Faroe Islands France Greenland Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Japan Netherlands Norway Russia South Korea St. Pierre & Miquelon Svalbard & Jan Mayen Sweden United Kingdom United States

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07 — Sources

Sources & Attribution

How to Cite

IUCN: IUCN (2025). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS

GBIF: GBIF.org (2025). GBIF Home Page. Available at: https://www.gbif.org

This page: SpeciesRadar (2025). Purple Sun Star (Solaster endeca). SpeciesRadar: Intelligence for Earth's Biodiversity. Available at: https://speciesradar.org/species/purple-sun-star

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