---
title: "Red Sun Star"
description: "Heliaster cumingi — Weitere Tiere. Heliaster cumingi is a species of starfish in the family Heliasteridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/red-sun-star
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red Sun Star

> Heliaster cumingi — Weitere Tiere. Heliaster cumingi is a species of starfish in the family Heliasteridae.

- Scientific name: *Heliaster cumingi*
- Category: `other` (Weitere Tiere)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 639
- Wikidata: [Q2179914](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2179914)
- iNaturalist taxon: [195891](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/195891)

## Names

- en: Red Sun Star

## Countries with the most observations

EC (493), PE (9)

## Summary

Heliaster cumingi is a species of starfish in the family Heliasteridae. The species can be found in the Gulf of California as well as off the coast of Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands.

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

## Photo

![Red Sun Star](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-sun-star/medium.jpg)

Photo: wilmotsenaratne · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/351287471

## Machine access

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