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title: "Panamic Cushion Star"
description: "Pentaceraster cumingi — Andere dieren. Pentaceraster cumingi, sometimes known as the Panamic cushion star, Cortez starfish or knobby star (a name also used for other species), is a species of starfish in the family Oreasteridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/panamic-cushion-star
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Panamic Cushion Star

> Pentaceraster cumingi — Andere dieren. Pentaceraster cumingi, sometimes known as the Panamic cushion star, Cortez starfish or knobby star (a name also used for other species), is a species of starfish in the family Oreasteridae.

- Scientific name: *Pentaceraster cumingi*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1797
- Wikidata: [Q595571](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q595571)
- iNaturalist taxon: [56775](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/56775)

## Names

- en: Panamic Cushion Star
- de: Panamaischer Noppenseestern
- es: Estrella cojín

## Countries with the most observations

EC (690), MX (564), CR (118), US (110), PA (64), CO (6), NI (4)

## Summary

Pentaceraster cumingi, sometimes known as the Panamic cushion star, Cortez starfish or knobby star (a name also used for other species), is a species of starfish in the family Oreasteridae. It is found in warmer parts of the East Pacific (Gulf of California to northwest Peru, including offshore islands like the Galápagos) and in Hawaii. In Panama this species has been collected from the Pearl Islands (depth 8 m), Gulf of Panama, and off Coiba Island, Gulf of Chiriqui. It reaches a diameter of about 30 cm (12 in).

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

## Photo

![Panamic Cushion Star](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/panamic-cushion-star/medium.jpg)

Photo: Zygy · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156741218

## Machine access

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