---
title: "Nine-armed Sea Star"
description: "Luidia senegalensis — Otros animales. Luidia senegalensis, the nine-armed sea star, is a tropical species of starfish in the family Luidiidae found in the western Atlantic Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/nine-armed-sea-star
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Nine-armed Sea Star

> Luidia senegalensis — Otros animales. Luidia senegalensis, the nine-armed sea star, is a tropical species of starfish in the family Luidiidae found in the western Atlantic Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Luidia senegalensis*
- Category: `other` (Otros animales)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar y costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 984
- Wikidata: [Q3199442](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3199442)
- iNaturalist taxon: [450136](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/450136)

## Names

- en: Nine-armed Sea Star

## Countries with the most observations

US (608), BR (273), CO (10), PA (10), PR (7), BZ (5), TT (5), HN (4), VE (3)

## Summary

Luidia senegalensis, the nine-armed sea star, is a tropical species of starfish in the family Luidiidae found in the western Atlantic Ocean.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: naturedom12 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/281648508

## Machine access

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