---
title: "Granulated Sea Star"
description: "Choriaster granulatus — Other animals. Choriaster is a monotypic genus in the family Oreasteridae, containing the single species Choriaster granulatus, commonly known as the granulated sea star."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/granulated-sea-star
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Granulated Sea Star

> Choriaster granulatus — Other animals. Choriaster is a monotypic genus in the family Oreasteridae, containing the single species Choriaster granulatus, commonly known as the granulated sea star.

- Scientific name: *Choriaster granulatus*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 1337
- Wikidata: [Q467196](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q467196)
- iNaturalist taxon: [122003](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/122003)

## Names

- en: Granulated Sea Star
- de: Walzenseestern
- fr: Etoile-coussin granuleuse

## Countries with the most observations

ID (379), PH (197), MV (158), MY (48), MG (32), PW (32), SB (29), FJ (26), TZ (26), VU (26), IL (24), PG (23)

## Summary

Choriaster is a monotypic genus in the family Oreasteridae, containing the single species Choriaster granulatus, commonly known as the granulated sea star.  Other common names include big-plated sea star, hunter-five sea star and doughboy starfish.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choriaster

## Photo

![Granulated Sea Star](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/granulated-sea-star/medium.jpg)

Photo: Olly Morgan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/218664155

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/granulated-sea-star?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).