---
title: "Large Spiny Star"
description: "Meyenaster gelatinosus — Other animals. Meyenaster is a genus of starfish in the family Asteriidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/large-spiny-star
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Large Spiny Star

> Meyenaster gelatinosus — Other animals. Meyenaster is a genus of starfish in the family Asteriidae.

- Scientific name: *Meyenaster gelatinosus*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 658
- Wikidata: [Q2586418](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2586418)
- iNaturalist taxon: [482949](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/482949)

## Names

- en: Large Spiny Star
- es: Gran estrella espinosa

## Countries with the most observations

CL (601), PE (7)

## Summary

Meyenaster is a genus of starfish in the family Asteriidae. It is a monotypic genus and the only species is Meyenaster gelatinosus which was first described by the Prussian botanist and zoologist Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen in 1834. It is found in the southeastern Pacific Ocean on the coasts of South America.

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

## Photo

![Large Spiny Star](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/large-spiny-star/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nutri Gabi Barrera · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/282376745

## Machine access

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