DiscoverSpeciesOther invertebrates
Comaster multifidus
- Usual depth11–842 m
- Water temperature18–30 °C
- Best monthsOctober and November
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 4 records
- February: 8 records
- March: 11 records
- April: 10 records
- May: 7 records
- June: 11 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 11 records
- September: 11 records
- October: 17 records
- November: 26 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 11–842 m · Deepest record: 1,124.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- ヒトフシウミシダ
Other scientific names: Actinometra belli, Actinometra multifida, Actinometra variabilis, Alecto multifida, Comanthina belli, Comanthina variabilis, Comaster belli, Comaster carpenteri, Comaster multifida, Comaster multiradiatus, Comatula multifida, Comatula multiradiata, Phanogenia variabilis
Similar species
Noble Feather StarComaster nobilis
Bottlebrush Feather StarComaster schlegelii
- Bold Feather Star
Comaster audax
Bennett's Bushy Feather StarAnneissia bennetti
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).
- 334 open-data records from 1841 to 2022.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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