DiscoverSpeciesOther invertebrates
Common Crevice Feather Star
Comanthus parvicirrus
- Usual depth7–85 m
- Water temperature22–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, October, and December
- How commonOccasional
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 11 records
- February: 27 records
- March: 22 records
- April: 21 records
- May: 18 records
- June: 10 records
- July: 16 records
- August: 17 records
- September: 12 records
- October: 33 records
- November: 20 records
- December: 28 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 7–85 m · Deepest record: 232 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Common Crevice Feather Star
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- Koashi-umishida, コアシウミシダ
- Korean
- 작은깃갯고사리
- Simplified Chinese
- 小卷海齒花
Other scientific names: Actinometra annulata, Actinometra elongata, Actinometra parvicirra, Actinometra polymorpha, Actinometra quadrata, Actinometra rotalaria, Actinometra valida, Alecto parvicirra, Alecto Timorensis, Comanthus annulata, Comanthus intricata, Comanthus parvicirra, Comanthus rotalaria, Comanthus timorensis, Comaster tenella, Comaster tenellus, Comatula (Alecto) parvicirra, Comatula mertensi, Comatula parvicirra, Comatula Timorensis
Similar species
Bennett's Bushy Feather StarAnneissia bennetti
Extraordinary Feather StarClarkcomanthus mirabilis
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).
- 458 open-data records from 1841 to 2022.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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