Pentagonaster pulchellus

Pentagonaster pulchellus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Goniasteridae
Genus: Pentagonaster
Species:
P. pulchellus
Binomial name
Pentagonaster pulchellus
Gray, 1840

Pentagonaster pulchellus, commonly known as the biscuit star or sometimes the jewelled star, is a species of starfish endemic to New Zealand, where it is common in Cook Strait and around the coasts of the South Island. It has also been recorded from the Chatham Islands and in the Campbell Plateau down to the Snares Islands.