#5031 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co

Eleven-armed Sea Star

Coscinasterias muricata

🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 outside Europe

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Wayne Martin · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Nuytsia@Tas · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Patrick Brabant · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Josie Jones · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Javier · CC BY 4.0
6. © Matt Tank · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Jean Roger · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. © katylucygrant · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Rowan Hindmarsh-Walls · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

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.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,717iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
7,717 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Addison Emery Verrill in 1867 (159 years ago).