
Coscinasterias acutispina
As recorded: Coscinasterias acutispina (Stimpson, 1862)
Animalia › Echinodermata › Asteroidea › Forcipulatida › Asteriidae
- Collected by
- C.H. Edmondson
- Locality
- Maui
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- United States
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Coscinasterias acutispina observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 54 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-08-30.

2026-08-30
Shizuoka, JP
(c) Shu ARAI, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-07-15
台灣新北市貢寮區
(c) Lupin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-07-04
石狮市, 泉州市, 福建省, CN
(c) p_concolor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-05-19
台灣新北市貢寮區福連里
(c) 王寅驊, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-04-20
県立真鶴半島自然公園, 真鶴町, 神奈川県, JP
(c) ts04, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-03-23
日本、〒517-0004 三重県鳥羽市菅島町
(c) sugashima_mar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Coscinasterias acutispina. BPBM 1014. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36179465. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/w/1014.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36179465 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
