DiscoverSpeciesOther invertebrates
Sawtoothed Feather Star
Oligometra serripinna
- Usual depth6–62 m
- Water temperature22–29 °C
- Best monthsApril, August, and November
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 6 records
- February: 12 records
- March: 6 records
- April: 14 records
- May: 11 records
- June: 5 records
- July: 9 records
- August: 22 records
- September: 7 records
- October: 14 records
- November: 16 records
- December: 12 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 6–62 m · Deepest record: 106 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Sawtoothed Feather Star
Names in 4 more languages
- French
- Comatule dents de scie, Comatule noire
- Japanese
- ミナミトラフウミシダ
- Korean
- 범무늬갯고사리
- Simplified Chinese
- 鋸翅寡羽枝
Other scientific names: Antedon serripinna, Oligometra caledoniae, Oligometra chinensis, Oligometra concinna, Oligometra erinacea, Oligometra imbricata, Oligometra occidentalis, Oligometra pulchella
Similar species
Beautiful Feather StarCenometra bella
Spinose Feather StarColobometra perspinosa
- Boschma's Feather Star
Basilometra boschmai
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).
- 270 open-data records from 1881 to 2016.
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