Heaviest starfish
- Who
- Thromidia catalai
- What
- 6 kilogram(s)
- When
- 14 September 1969
The world’s bulkiest species of starfish is Thromidia catalai, native to the western Pacific. On 14 September 1969, a specimen of this hefty five-armed species was caught off Ilot Amédée , New Caledonia , and weighed an estimated 6 kg (13.23 kg). It was later deposited at New Caledonia ’s Nouméa Aquarium.