DiscoverSpeciesOther invertebrates
Cistina columbiae
- Usual depth5–18 m
- Water temperature23–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, November, and December
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 5 records
- March: 5 records
- April: 4 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 4 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 6 records
- December: 7 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–18 m · Deepest record: 18 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C
Names and classification
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- コロンビアトゲヒトデ
- Simplified Chinese
- 哥倫比亞盒星
Other scientific names: Echinaster sladeni, Ophidiaster columbiae
Similar species
Azure sea starLinckia laevigata
Multipore Sea StarLinckia multifora
Japanese orange sea starCertonardoa semiregularis
Brown mesh sea starNardoa galatheae
Warty Mesh Sea StarNardoa tuberculata
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).
- 57 open-data records from 1840 to 2023.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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