---
title: "Common Light-striated Sea Star"
description: "Stichaster striatus — Autres animaux. Stichaster striatus, the common light striated star, is a species of starfish in the family Stichasteridae, found in the southeastern Pacific Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/common-light-striated-sea-star
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Light-striated Sea Star

> Stichaster striatus — Autres animaux. Stichaster striatus, the common light striated star, is a species of starfish in the family Stichasteridae, found in the southeastern Pacific Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Stichaster striatus*
- Category: `other` (Autres animaux)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mer et côte)
- iNaturalist observations: 653
- Wikidata: [Q2354442](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2354442)
- iNaturalist taxon: [293182](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/293182)

## Names

- en: Common Light-striated Sea Star
- es: Estrella de mar de cinco brazos

## Countries with the most observations

CL (501), PE (94)

## Summary

Stichaster striatus, the common light striated star, is a species of starfish in the family Stichasteridae, found in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. It was first described by the German zoologists Johannes Peter Müller and Franz Hermann Troschel in 1840.

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

## Photo

![Common Light-striated Sea Star](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-light-striated-sea-star/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ruth Gutiérrez Oliveros · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/337767899

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-light-striated-sea-star?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).