Gomophia egyptiaca

About this species

Gomophia egyptiaca, sometimes called the Egyptian sea star, is a species of sea star from Ophidiasteridae family found throughout much of the Indo-Pacific.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 31 records
February: 21 records
March: 21 records
April: 27 records
May: 37 records
June: 25 records
July: 15 records
August: 19 records
September: 30 records
October: 23 records
November: 35 records
December: 27 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 6–74 m · Deepest record: 100 m

0–10 m: 6 records
10–20 m: 15 records
20–30 m: 2 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 2 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C

22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 6 records
26–28 °C: 7 records
28–30 °C: 35 records

Photos

(c) Grete Pasch, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: トガリアライボヒトデ

Other scientific names: Linckia aegyptiaca, Linckia desjardinsi, Nardoa aegyptiaca, Oreaster desjardinsi, Scytaster aegyptiaca, Scytaster zodiacalis

Similar species

Gomophia watsoni
Azure sea star
Linckia laevigata
Common Comet Star
Linckia guildingi
Multipore Sea Star
Linckia multifora
Japanese orange sea star
Certonardoa semiregularis
Leiaster coriaceus

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.
50 open-data records from 1840 to 2023.