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Bumpy sea star
Nardoa gomophia
- Usual depth3–18 m
- Water temperature24–29 °C
- Best monthsJuly, August, and October
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Jay Paroline, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 9 records
- February: 15 records
- March: 13 records
- April: 11 records
- May: 11 records
- June: 13 records
- July: 32 records
- August: 23 records
- September: 16 records
- October: 31 records
- November: 23 records
- December: 19 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–18 m · Deepest record: 18 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–29 °C
Photos
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) liam1294, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jay Paroline, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) TonyT, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Bumpy sea star
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- ホソウデアライボヒトデ
Other scientific names: Gomophia gomophia, Scytaster gomophia
Similar species
New Caledonian Sea StarNardoa novaecaledoniae
Brown mesh sea starNardoa galatheae
Warty Mesh Sea StarNardoa tuberculata
Button StarNardoa variolata
- Friant's Sea Star
Nardoa frianti
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 1908 to 2009.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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