---
title: "Étoile fouisseuse"
description: "Archaster typicus — Autres animaux. Archaster typicus is a species of starfish in the family Archasteridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/indo-pacific-sand-star
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Étoile fouisseuse

> Archaster typicus — Autres animaux. Archaster typicus is a species of starfish in the family Archasteridae.

- Scientific name: *Archaster typicus*
- Category: `other` (Autres animaux)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mer et côte)
- iNaturalist observations: 1581
- Wikidata: [Q2242090](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2242090)
- iNaturalist taxon: [255851](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/255851)

## Names

- en: Indo-Pacific Sand Star
- fr: Étoile fouisseuse

## Countries with the most observations

SG (334), HK (216), PH (187), ID (130), AU (101), NC (95), TH (89), FJ (69), TW (33), CN (22), MY (19), VU (15)

## Summary

Archaster typicus is a species of starfish in the family Archasteridae. It is commonly known as the sand star or the sand sifting star but these names are also applied to starfish in the genus Astropecten. It is found in shallow waters in the Indo-Pacific region.

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

## Photo

![Étoile fouisseuse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/indo-pacific-sand-star/medium.jpg)

Photo: everie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/293098899

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/indo-pacific-sand-star?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).