---
title: "White Sea Star"
description: "Coscinasterias tenuispina — Other animals. Coscinasterias tenuispina is a starfish in the family Asteriidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/white-sea-star
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White Sea Star

> Coscinasterias tenuispina — Other animals. Coscinasterias tenuispina is a starfish in the family Asteriidae.

- Scientific name: *Coscinasterias tenuispina*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 2660
- Wikidata: [Q2719831](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2719831)
- iNaturalist taxon: [255717](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/255717)

## Names

- en: White Sea Star
- de: Vielarmiger Seestern
- es: Estrella de brazos multiples
- fr: Etoile de mer épineuse

## Countries with the most observations

ES (1033), FR (351), HR (315), IT (205), GR (169), PT (164), BR (67), TR (34), MT (20), MA (16), MX (14), CV (11)

## Summary

Coscinasterias tenuispina is a starfish in the family Asteriidae. It is sometimes called the blue spiny starfish or the white starfish. It occurs in shallow waters in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Lucas Rodrigues · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201913280

## Machine access

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