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title: "Bat Star"
description: "Patiria miniata — Outros animais. Patiria miniata, the bat star, sea bat, webbed star, or broad-disk star, is a species of sea star (also called a starfish) in the family Asterinidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/bat-star
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bat Star

> Patiria miniata — Outros animais. Patiria miniata, the bat star, sea bat, webbed star, or broad-disk star, is a species of sea star (also called a starfish) in the family Asterinidae.

- Scientific name: *Patiria miniata*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 22836
- Wikidata: [Q3468311](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3468311)
- iNaturalist taxon: [48830](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48830)

## Names

- en: Bat Star

## Countries with the most observations

US (20991), CA (1120), MX (136)

## Summary

Patiria miniata, the bat star, sea bat, webbed star, or broad-disk star, is a species of sea star (also called a starfish) in the family Asterinidae. It typically has five arms, with the center disk of the animal being much wider than the stubby arms are in length. Although the bat star usually has five arms, it sometimes has as many as nine. Bat stars occur in many colors, including green, purple, red, orange, yellow and brown, either mottled or solid. The bat star gets its name from the webbing between its arms, which is said to resemble a bat's wings.
The bat star is usually found in the intertidal zone to a depth…

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

## Photo

![Bat Star](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bat-star/medium.jpg)

Photo: ahaislip · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18339159

## Machine access

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