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title: "Red Cushion Sea Star"
description: "Oreaster reticulatus — Andere dieren. Oreaster reticulatus, commonly known as the red cushion sea star or the West Indian sea star, is a species of marine invertebrate, a starfish in the family Oreasteridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/red-cushion-sea-star
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Red Cushion Sea Star

> Oreaster reticulatus — Andere dieren. Oreaster reticulatus, commonly known as the red cushion sea star or the West Indian sea star, is a species of marine invertebrate, a starfish in the family Oreasteridae.

- Scientific name: *Oreaster reticulatus*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 4237
- Wikidata: [Q822952](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q822952)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49500](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49500)

## Names

- en: Red Cushion Sea Star
- de: Genetzter Kissenstern
- es: Estrella cojín
- fr: Étoile-coussin réticulée

## Countries with the most observations

MX (595), US (586), PA (403), BS (276), KY (248), BZ (164), PR (153), CU (151), HN (142), DO (141), MQ (128), VI (106)

## Summary

Oreaster reticulatus, commonly known as the red cushion sea star or the West Indian sea star, is a species of marine invertebrate, a starfish in the family Oreasteridae. It is found in shallow water in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

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

## Photo

![Red Cushion Sea Star](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-cushion-sea-star/medium.jpg)

Photo: Carter Dorscht · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150810186

## Machine access

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