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title: "Guilding's Sea Star"
description: "Linckia guildingi — Weitere Tiere. Linckia guildingi, also called the common comet star, Guilding's sea star or the green Linckia, is a species of sea star reported from the shallow waters of the tropical Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/guilding-s-sea-star
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Guilding's Sea Star

> Linckia guildingi — Weitere Tiere. Linckia guildingi, also called the common comet star, Guilding's sea star or the green Linckia, is a species of sea star reported from the shallow waters of the tropical Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

- Scientific name: *Linckia guildingi*
- Category: `other` (Weitere Tiere)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 1085
- Wikidata: [Q2856487](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2856487)
- iNaturalist taxon: [319355](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/319355)

## Names

- en: Guilding's Sea Star
- es: Guinda
- fr: Étoile-comète de Floride
- pl: Linckia guildingii

## Countries with the most observations

MV (93), US (80), AU (54), MQ (54), BR (51), MX (45), SC (33), GP (24), ID (18), PF (18), PR (16), TH (12)

## Summary

Linckia guildingi, also called the common comet star, Guilding's sea star or the green Linckia, is a species of sea star reported from the shallow waters of the tropical Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

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

## Photo

![Guilding's Sea Star](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/guilding-s-sea-star/medium.jpg)

Photo: Francesco Cecere · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/308265538

## Machine access

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