Asterias amurensis has attracted widespread concern because of its population outbreaks, which has impacted fisheries and aquaculture, as well as disrupting local ecosystems. A high-quality reference genome is necessary to better investigate mechanisms

Starfish Asterias rubens was found as the first record from the Anatolian coast of the Black Sea(Sinop).This alien starfish was reported in 1996 in the Bosporus Strait (the Marmara Sea). In2009, A. rubens was registered off Karasu and Sakarya coasts in

Asterias rubens constitutes saponins that represents a class of steroid oligoglycoside namely asterosaponins that has broad biological functions inclusive of anti-cancerous activity. The most common malignancy as well as the second largest cause of mortality