Beautiful Feather Star

Himerometra robustipinna

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth9–53 m
Water temperature8–30 °C
Best monthsApril, July, and October
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Geoff Shuetrim, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Geoff Shuetrim · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Himerometra robustipinna is a species of crinoid belonging to the family Himerometridaem first described as Actinometra robustipinna by Philip Herbert Carpenter in 1881.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Himerometra robustipinna”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 32 records
February: 39 records
March: 46 records
April: 76 records
May: 41 records
June: 43 records
July: 57 records
August: 56 records
September: 56 records
October: 60 records
November: 57 records
December: 45 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 9–53 m · Deepest record: 120 m

0–10 m: 8 records
10–20 m: 22 records
20–30 m: 17 records
30–40 m: 9 records
40–50 m: 6 records
50–60 m: 6 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 8–30 °C

8–10 °C: 1 records
10–12 °C: 0 records
12–14 °C: 0 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 5 records
24–26 °C: 24 records
26–28 °C: 66 records
28–30 °C: 90 records

Photos

(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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(c) ig: underwater.logs, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ryan McMinds, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Rob Foster, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Oscar Dove, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Beautiful Feather Star, Robust Feather Star

Names in 3 more languages

French: Comatule rouge
Japanese: Takanoha-umishida, ジャバラハネウミシダ
Thai: ดาวขนนกแดง

Other scientific names: Actinometra robustipinna, Antedon crassipinna, Antedon inopinata, Antedon kraepelini, Antedon martensi, Heterometra martensi, Himerometra bartschi, Himerometra crassipinna, Himerometra kraepelini, Himerometra magnipinna, Himerometra martensi, Himerometra pulcher, Himerometra sol

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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.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
332 open-data records from 1881 to 2019.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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