#5046 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co
Dwarf Cushion Star
Parvulastra exigua
🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 outside Europe
📍 Peppermint Bay, Woodbridge, TAS, AU
📍 Moonta Bay SA 5558, Australia
📍 Devonport, Tasmania, Australia
📍 Battery Rd, Williamstown, AU
📍 Bateau Bay Beach, NSW, Australia
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Simon Grove · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Jeannie · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Nicole Andrews · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Thomas Mesaglio · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Peppermint Bay, Woodbridge, TAS, AU:© vishnuprahalad · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Moonta Bay SA 5558, Australia:© David Spencer Muirhead · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Devonport, Tasmania, Australia:© Reinhard Reading · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Battery Rd, Williamstown, AU:© aislingmurphy · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Bateau Bay Beach, NSW, Australia:© Felix Harper · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Parvulastra exigua , or the dwarf cushion star is a species of sea star. It can be found in temperate intertidal marine communities from geographically widespread sites around the southern hemisphere (including South Africa and Australia).
base stats
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.
- 4,363 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Dwarf Cushion Star
- scientific name
- Parvulastra exigua
- class
- Asteroidea
- order
- Valvatida
- family
- Asterinidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 4,363
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Asterinidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 348893, Wikidata Q2677618, GBIF 2272178, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.