---
title: "Slime Star"
description: "Pteraster tesselatus — Autres animaux. Pteraster tesselatus, the slime star or cushion star, is a species of starfish in the family Pterasteridae found in the North Pacific."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/slime-star
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Slime Star

> Pteraster tesselatus — Autres animaux. Pteraster tesselatus, the slime star or cushion star, is a species of starfish in the family Pterasteridae found in the North Pacific.

- Scientific name: *Pteraster tesselatus*
- Category: `other` (Autres animaux)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mer et côte)
- iNaturalist observations: 663
- Wikidata: [Q2216387](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2216387)
- iNaturalist taxon: [194701](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/194701)

## Names

- en: Slime Star

## Countries with the most observations

CA (443), US (155)

## Summary

Pteraster tesselatus, the slime star or cushion star, is a species of starfish in the family Pterasteridae found in the North Pacific.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Alex Pinch · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/380430334

## Machine access

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