---
title: "Striped Sun Star"
description: "Solaster stimpsoni — Altri animali. Solaster stimpsoni, common names Stimpson's sun star, sun star, orange sun star, striped sunstar, and sun sea star, is a species of starfish in the family Solasteridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/striped-sun-star
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Striped Sun Star

> Solaster stimpsoni — Altri animali. Solaster stimpsoni, common names Stimpson's sun star, sun star, orange sun star, striped sunstar, and sun sea star, is a species of starfish in the family Solasteridae.

- Scientific name: *Solaster stimpsoni*
- Category: `other` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 976
- Wikidata: [Q2008406](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2008406)
- iNaturalist taxon: [208013](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/208013)

## Names

- en: Striped Sun Star

## Countries with the most observations

CA (463), US (457)

## Summary

Solaster stimpsoni, common names Stimpson's sun star, sun star, orange sun star, striped sunstar, and sun sea star, is a species of starfish in the family Solasteridae.
It was first described by Addison Emery Verrill in 1880.

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

## Photo

![Striped Sun Star](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/striped-sun-star/medium.jpg)

Photo: Thompson Hyggen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329724595

## Machine access

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