Comatella stelligera

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth1–97 m
Water temperature20–29 °C
Best monthsMay and October
How commonRare

All species

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 8 records
February: 4 records
March: 8 records
April: 8 records
May: 14 records
June: 4 records
July: 6 records
August: 6 records
September: 2 records
October: 19 records
November: 5 records
December: 3 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–97 m · Deepest record: 100 m

0–10 m: 3 records
10–20 m: 8 records
20–30 m: 4 records
30–40 m: 3 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 2 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 1 records
100–110 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C

20–22 °C: 2 records
22–24 °C: 7 records
24–26 °C: 15 records
26–28 °C: 40 records
28–30 °C: 39 records

Names and classification

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: Futoude-ogasawara-umishida, フトウデオガサワラウミシダ
Simplified Chinese: 星櫛羽球

Other scientific names: Actinometra maculata, Actinometra notata, Actinometra stelligera, Actinometra tenax, Antedon bassett-smithi, Comatella maculata

Similar species

Black Feather Star
Comatella nigra
Bennett's Bushy Feather Star
Anneissia bennetti
Cenolia tasmaniae
Cenolia trichoptera
Comanthus wahlbergii
Common Crevice Feather Star
Comanthus parvicirrus

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).
181 open-data records from 1880 to 2017.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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