Spinose Feather Star

Colobometra perspinosa

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth2–20 m
Water temperature15–29 °C
Best monthsMarch, April, and September
How commonRare

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Photo credit: (c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Colobometra perspinosa is a species of echinoderm known by the common name black feather star.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Colobometra perspinosa”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 20 records
February: 13 records
March: 32 records
April: 25 records
May: 23 records
June: 14 records
July: 14 records
August: 19 records
September: 29 records
October: 23 records
November: 17 records
December: 24 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–20 m · Deepest record: 89 m

0–10 m: 7 records
10–20 m: 21 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 15–29 °C

14–16 °C: 5 records
16–18 °C: 3 records
18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 4 records
26–28 °C: 21 records
28–30 °C: 33 records

Photos

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(c) Christopher Mark, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Spinose Feather Star, Very Spiny Feather Star

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: イボアシウミシダ
Simplified Chinese: 餘刺短羽枝

Other scientific names: Antedon insignis, Antedon loveni, Antedon perspinosa, Colobometra diadema, Colobometra vepretum, Cyllometra perspinosa

Similar species

Colobometra discolor
Beautiful Feather Star
Cenometra bella
Boschma's Feather Star
Basilometra boschmai
Cyllometra manca
Decametra informis
Decametra parva

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.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
150 open-data records from 1973 to 2016.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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