Luidia savignyi

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth3–75 m
Water temperature24–30 °C
Best monthsFebruary, April, and November
How commonRare

Photo credit: (c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Ewout Knoester · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

About this species

Luidia savignyi is a species of starfish belonging to the family Luidiidae. The species is found in the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific region. It is a large starfish and preys on other echinoderms.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Luidia savignyi”, 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: 0 records
February: 3 records
March: 1 records
April: 3 records
May: 2 records
June: 1 records
July: 0 records
August: 3 records
September: 1 records
October: 2 records
November: 4 records
December: 1 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 3–75 m · Deepest record: 77 m

0–10 m: 3 records
10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 2 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 2 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C

22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 9 records
26–28 °C: 2 records
28–30 °C: 14 records

Photos

Names and classification

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: イバラスナヒトデ

Other scientific names: Asterias savignyi, Luidia mascarena

Similar species

Eight-armed Luidia
Luidia maculata
Luidia aspera
southern sand star
Luidia australiae
Luidia avicularia
Hardwick's Sea Star
Luidia hardwicki
Spiny sand seastar
Luidia quinaria

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).
38 open-data records from 1826 to 2010.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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