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title: "Giant Sea Star"
description: "Pisaster giganteus — Outros animais. Pisaster giganteus, the giant sea star, giant spined star, or knobby sea star is a species of sea star that lives along the western coast of North America from Southern California to British Columbia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/giant-sea-star
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Giant Sea Star

> Pisaster giganteus — Outros animais. Pisaster giganteus, the giant sea star, giant spined star, or knobby sea star is a species of sea star that lives along the western coast of North America from Southern California to British Columbia.

- Scientific name: *Pisaster giganteus*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1759
- Wikidata: [Q1641889](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1641889)
- iNaturalist taxon: [48833](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48833)

## Names

- en: Giant Sea Star
- es: Estrella de azúcar
- fr: Giant sea star

## Countries with the most observations

US (1596), MX (33)

## Summary

Pisaster giganteus, the giant sea star, giant spined star, or knobby sea star is a species of sea star that lives along the western coast of North America from Southern California to British Columbia. It makes its home on rocky shores near the low tide mark. It preys on mollusks. It can grow as large as 24 in (61 cm) in diameter. Its color varies from brown to red or purple.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Alex Heyman · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68986401

## Machine access

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