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title: "Etoile de mer épineuse"
description: "Coscinasterias tenuispina — Autres animaux. Coscinasterias tenuispina is a starfish in the family Asteriidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/white-sea-star
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Etoile de mer épineuse

> Coscinasterias tenuispina — Autres animaux. Coscinasterias tenuispina is a starfish in the family Asteriidae.

- Scientific name: *Coscinasterias tenuispina*
- Category: `other` (Autres animaux)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mer et côte)
- iNaturalist observations: 2660
- Wikidata: [Q2719831](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2719831)
- iNaturalist taxon: [255717](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/255717)

## Names

- en: White Sea Star
- de: Vielarmiger Seestern
- es: Estrella de brazos multiples
- fr: Etoile de mer épineuse

## Countries with the most observations

ES (1033), FR (351), HR (315), IT (205), GR (169), PT (164), BR (67), TR (34), MT (20), MA (16), MX (14), CV (11)

## Summary

Coscinasterias tenuispina is a starfish in the family Asteriidae. It is sometimes called the blue spiny starfish or the white starfish. It occurs in shallow waters in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

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

## Photo

![Etoile de mer épineuse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-sea-star/medium.jpg)

Photo: Lucas Rodrigues · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201913280

## Machine access

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