Coronaster reticulatus

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth238–757 m
Water temperature-2–21 °C
Best monthsMay
How commonRare

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 0 records
February: 2 records
March: 1 records
April: 7 records
May: 18 records
June: 1 records
July: 0 records
August: 1 records
September: 0 records
October: 6 records
November: 8 records
December: 0 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 238–757 m · Deepest record: 985 m

120–130 m: 1 records
130–140 m: 0 records
140–150 m: 0 records
150–160 m: 0 records
160–170 m: 0 records
170–180 m: 0 records
180–190 m: 0 records
190–200 m: 2 records
200–210 m: 0 records
210–220 m: 0 records
220–230 m: 1 records
230+ m: 39 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of -2–21 °C

-2–0 °C: 1 records
0–2 °C: 0 records
2–4 °C: 0 records
4–6 °C: 0 records
6–8 °C: 0 records
8–10 °C: 0 records
10–12 °C: 0 records
12–14 °C: 1 records
14–16 °C: 4 records
16–18 °C: 3 records
18–20 °C: 35 records
20–22 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Pedicellaster reticulatus, Stylasterias reticulatus

Similar species

Coronaster halicepus
Coronaster volsellatus
Eleven-armed seastar
Coscinasterias muricata
Flat-bottomed star
Asterias amurensis
Seven-armed Sea Star
Astrostole scabra
Island Sea Star
Astrostole rodolphi

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).
46 open-data records from 1931 to 2025.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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