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title: "Spiny Cushion Star"
description: "Culcita schmideliana — Inne zwierzęta. Culcita schmideliana, commonly known as the spiny cushion star, is a species of pin-cushion star."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/spiny-cushion-star
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spiny Cushion Star

> Culcita schmideliana — Inne zwierzęta. Culcita schmideliana, commonly known as the spiny cushion star, is a species of pin-cushion star.

- Scientific name: *Culcita schmideliana*
- Category: `other` (Inne zwierzęta)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 1011
- Wikidata: [Q2286642](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2286642)
- iNaturalist taxon: [339357](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/339357)

## Names

- en: Spiny Cushion Star
- de: Stachelkissenstern
- fr: Étoile-coussin de l'Océan Indien

## Countries with the most observations

MV (281), TZ (128), KE (86), TH (82), MG (66), SC (57), IN (34), MZ (34), MU (18), MM (17), ID (16), ZA (15)

## Summary

Culcita schmideliana, commonly known as the spiny cushion star, is a species of pin-cushion star. It has a variety of base colors and often patches of a different color. It is pentagonal in shape and lives in the tropical Indo-Pacific. This species is rarely kept by hobby aquarists.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11154792

## Machine access

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