DiscoverSpeciesOther invertebrates
Boschma's Feather Star
Basilometra boschmai
- Usual depth4–26 m
- Water temperature28–29 °C
- Best monthsApril and December
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 4 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 4–26 m · Deepest record: 26.2 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 28–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Boschma's Feather Star
Names in 2 more languages
- French
- Comatule araignée
- Japanese
- Kotengu-umishida, コテングウミシダ
Other scientific names: Rhadinometra dawydovi
Similar species
Beautiful Feather StarCenometra bella
Spinose Feather StarColobometra perspinosa
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 16 open-data records from 1975 to 2016.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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