Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Parvulastra exigua
estrella de mar, Sea stars
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Asteroidea
Order
Valvatida
Family
Asterinidae
Genus
Parvulastra
Species
exigua
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Patiriella exigua (Lamarck, 1816), Asterina exigua (Lamarck, 1816), fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Galapagos Island, depth 0-3 m
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Parvulastra exigua", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=17662. Accessed 3 November 2026.