---
title: "Gelber Sonnenstern"
description: "Solaster endeca — Weitere Tiere. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/purple-sun-star
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gelber Sonnenstern

> Solaster endeca — Weitere Tiere. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Solaster endeca*
- Category: `other` (Weitere Tiere)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 626
- Wikidata: [Q2464524](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2464524)
- iNaturalist taxon: [371725](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/371725)

## Names

- en: Purple Sun Star
- de: Gelber Sonnenstern
- fr: Soleil de mer pourpre

## Countries with the most observations

CA (260), US (106), GB (37), NO (36), IS (15), GL (6), PM (3), SJ (3)

## Photo

![Gelber Sonnenstern](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/purple-sun-star/medium.jpg)

Photo: Eric A. Lazo-Wasem 

Gall L (2019). Invertebrate Zoology Division, Yale Peabody Museum. Yale University Peabody Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/0lkr3w accessed via GBIF.org on 2019-01-30. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/350720563 · CC0 · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solaster_endeca_(YPM_IZ_031079).jpg

## Machine access

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