---
title: "Estrella rosada"
description: "Pisaster brevispinus — Otros animales. Pisaster brevispinus, commonly called the pink sea star, giant pink sea star, or short-spined sea star, is a species of sea star in the northeast Pacific Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/giant-pink-sea-star
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Estrella rosada

> Pisaster brevispinus — Otros animales. Pisaster brevispinus, commonly called the pink sea star, giant pink sea star, or short-spined sea star, is a species of sea star in the northeast Pacific Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Pisaster brevispinus*
- Category: `other` (Otros animales)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar y costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2608
- Wikidata: [Q3277686](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3277686)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49539](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49539)

## Names

- en: Giant Pink Sea Star
- es: Estrella rosada

## Countries with the most observations

US (1533), CA (958)

## Summary

Pisaster brevispinus, commonly called the pink sea star, giant pink sea star, or short-spined sea star, is a species of sea star in the northeast Pacific Ocean.  It was first described to science by William Stimpson in 1857.  The type specimen was collected on a sandy bottom, 10 fathoms (18 m) deep, near the mouth of San Francisco Bay.

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

## Photo

![Estrella rosada](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/giant-pink-sea-star/medium.jpg)

Photo: davidbroadland · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/371835876

## Machine access

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