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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Echinodermata

Subphylum: Asterozoa

Class: Asteroidea

Order: Forcipulatida

Family: Asteriidae

Genus: Asterias

Species: vulgaris (rubens)

(Taxonomic Authority: Linnaeus, 1758)