---
title: "Mottled Star"
description: "Evasterias troschelii — Autres animaux. Evasterias troschelii is a species of starfish in the family Asteriidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/mottled-star
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mottled Star

> Evasterias troschelii — Autres animaux. Evasterias troschelii is a species of starfish in the family Asteriidae.

- Scientific name: *Evasterias troschelii*
- Category: `other` (Autres animaux)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mer et côte)
- iNaturalist observations: 17289
- Wikidata: [Q61468573](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61468573)
- iNaturalist taxon: [84265](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/84265)

## Names

- en: Mottled Star

## Countries with the most observations

US (11830), CA (4891), RU (5)

## Summary

Evasterias troschelii is a species of starfish in the family Asteriidae. Its common names include the mottled star, false ochre sea star and Troschel's true star. It is found in Kamchatka and the north western coast of North America.

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

## Photo

![Mottled Star](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mottled-star/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sean Haight · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/257715001

## Machine access

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