diff --git a/src/spatialdata/_core/spatialdata.py b/src/spatialdata/_core/spatialdata.py
index f92bc9f5..21bd6c5b 100644
--- a/src/spatialdata/_core/spatialdata.py
+++ b/src/spatialdata/_core/spatialdata.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 from dask.dataframe import Scalar, read_parquet
 from geopandas import GeoDataFrame
 from shapely import MultiPolygon, Polygon
+from upath import UPath
 from xarray import DataArray, DataTree
 from zarr.errors import GroupNotFoundError
 
@@ -1810,7 +1811,9 @@ def tables(self, tables: dict[str, AnnData]) -> None:
 
     @staticmethod
     def read(
-        file_path: Path | str, selection: tuple[str] | None = None, reconsolidate_metadata: bool = False
+        file_path: str | Path | UPath | zarr.Group,
+        selection: tuple[str] | None = None,
+        reconsolidate_metadata: bool = False,
     ) -> SpatialData:
         """
         Read a SpatialData object from a Zarr storage (on-disk or remote).
@@ -1818,7 +1821,7 @@ def read(
         Parameters
         ----------
         file_path
-            The path or URL to the Zarr storage.
+            The path, URL, or zarr.Group to the Zarr storage.
         selection
             The elements to read (images, labels, points, shapes, table). If None, all elements are read.
         reconsolidate_metadata
diff --git a/src/spatialdata/_io/_utils.py b/src/spatialdata/_io/_utils.py
index a8e194a7..b58d6744 100644
--- a/src/spatialdata/_io/_utils.py
+++ b/src/spatialdata/_io/_utils.py
@@ -470,8 +470,8 @@ def _resolve_zarr_store(
     if isinstance(path, zarr.Group):
         # if the input is a zarr.Group, wrap it with a store
         if isinstance(path.store, LocalStore):
-            # create a simple FSStore if the store is a LocalStore with just the path
-            return FsspecStore(os.path.join(path.store.path, path.path), **kwargs)
+            store_path = UPath(path.store.root) / path.path
+            return LocalStore(store_path.path)
         if isinstance(path.store, FsspecStore):
             # if the store within the zarr.Group is an FSStore, return it
             # but extend the path of the store with that of the zarr.Group
diff --git a/src/spatialdata/_io/io_zarr.py b/src/spatialdata/_io/io_zarr.py
index d6de1665..98919d61 100644
--- a/src/spatialdata/_io/io_zarr.py
+++ b/src/spatialdata/_io/io_zarr.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from geopandas import GeoDataFrame
 from ome_zarr.format import Format
 from pyarrow import ArrowInvalid
+from upath import UPath
 from zarr.errors import ArrayNotFoundError
 
 from spatialdata._core.spatialdata import SpatialData
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ def get_raster_format_for_read(
 
 
 def read_zarr(
-    store: str | Path,
+    store: str | Path | UPath | zarr.Group,
     selection: None | tuple[str] = None,
     on_bad_files: Literal[BadFileHandleMethod.ERROR, BadFileHandleMethod.WARN] = BadFileHandleMethod.ERROR,
 ) -> SpatialData:
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ def read_zarr(
     Parameters
     ----------
     store
-        Path to the zarr store (on-disk or remote).
+        Path, URL, or zarr.Group to the zarr store (on-disk or remote).
 
     selection
         List of elements to read from the zarr store (images, labels, points, shapes, table). If None, all elements are
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ def read_zarr(
         tables=tables,
         attrs=attrs,
     )
-    sdata.path = Path(store)
+    sdata.path = resolved_store.root
     return sdata
 
 
diff --git a/tests/io/test_readwrite.py b/tests/io/test_readwrite.py
index 6e948f51..11855a22 100644
--- a/tests/io/test_readwrite.py
+++ b/tests/io/test_readwrite.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import zarr
 from anndata import AnnData
 from numpy.random import default_rng
+from upath import UPath
 from zarr.errors import GroupNotFoundError
 
 from spatialdata import SpatialData, deepcopy, read_zarr
@@ -963,3 +964,30 @@ def test_can_read_sdata_with_reconsolidation(full_sdata, sdata_container_format:
 
         new_sdata = SpatialData.read(path, reconsolidate_metadata=True)
         assert_spatial_data_objects_are_identical(full_sdata, new_sdata)
+
+
+def test_read_sdata(tmp_path: Path, points: SpatialData) -> None:
+    sdata_path = tmp_path / "sdata.zarr"
+    points.write(sdata_path)
+
+    # path as Path
+    sdata_from_path = SpatialData.read(sdata_path)
+    assert sdata_from_path.path == sdata_path
+
+    # path as str
+    sdata_from_str = SpatialData.read(str(sdata_path))
+    assert sdata_from_str.path == sdata_path
+
+    # path as UPath
+    sdata_from_upath = SpatialData.read(UPath(sdata_path))
+    assert sdata_from_upath.path == sdata_path
+
+    # path as zarr Group
+    zarr_group = zarr.open_group(sdata_path, mode="r")
+    sdata_from_zarr_group = SpatialData.read(zarr_group)
+    assert sdata_from_zarr_group.path == sdata_path
+
+    # Assert all read methods produce identical SpatialData objects
+    assert_spatial_data_objects_are_identical(sdata_from_path, sdata_from_str)
+    assert_spatial_data_objects_are_identical(sdata_from_path, sdata_from_upath)
+    assert_spatial_data_objects_are_identical(sdata_from_path, sdata_from_zarr_group)