---
title: "Luzon Sea Star"
description: "Echinaster luzonicus — Altri animali. Echinaster luzonicus, the Luzon sea star, is a species of starfish in the family Echinasteridae, found in shallow parts of the western Indo-Pacific region."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/luzon-sea-star
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Luzon Sea Star

> Echinaster luzonicus — Altri animali. Echinaster luzonicus, the Luzon sea star, is a species of starfish in the family Echinasteridae, found in shallow parts of the western Indo-Pacific region.

- Scientific name: *Echinaster luzonicus*
- Category: `other` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2328
- Wikidata: [Q2148773](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2148773)
- iNaturalist taxon: [136699](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/136699)

## Names

- en: Luzon Sea Star
- fr: Étoile de mer de Luzon

## Countries with the most observations

ID (596), NC (567), PH (202), AU (176), TW (78), JP (70), FJ (46), MY (42), TH (38), VU (36), GU (32), PW (29)

## Summary

Echinaster luzonicus, the Luzon sea star, is a species of starfish in the family Echinasteridae, found in shallow parts of the western Indo-Pacific region. It sometimes lives symbiotically with a copepod or a comb jelly, and is prone to shed its arms, which then regenerate into new individuals.

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

## Photo

![Luzon Sea Star](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/luzon-sea-star/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192081647

## Machine access

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