---
title: "Eleven-armed Sea Star"
description: "Coscinasterias muricata — Outros animais. Coscinasterias muricata is a species of starfish in the family Asteriidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/eleven-armed-sea-star
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eleven-armed Sea Star

> Coscinasterias muricata — Outros animais. Coscinasterias muricata is a species of starfish in the family Asteriidae.

- Scientific name: *Coscinasterias muricata*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 7562
- Wikidata: [Q2495521](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2495521)
- iNaturalist taxon: [355874](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/355874)

## Names

- en: Eleven-armed Sea Star

## Countries with the most observations

AU (4745), NZ (2479), NF (45)

## Summary

Coscinasterias muricata is a species of starfish in the family Asteriidae. It is a large 11-armed starfish and occurs in shallow waters in the temperate western Indo-Pacific region.

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

## Photo

![Eleven-armed Sea Star](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eleven-armed-sea-star/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alan Weakley · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/338194766

## Machine access

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