DiscoverSpeciesOther invertebrates
Delicate Feather Star
Phanogenia gracilis
- Usual depth3–27 m
- Water temperature25–29 °C
- Best monthsJanuary and July
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 5 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 8 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–27 m · Deepest record: 100 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Delicate Feather Star, Slender Feather Star
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- ホソウデヒトフシウミシダ
Other scientific names: Actinometra gracilis, Comaster gracilis, Comaster minima, Comaster minimus, Phanogenia minima
Similar species
Bennett's Bushy Feather StarAnneissia bennetti
- Common Crevice Feather Star
Comanthus parvicirrus
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).
- 80 open-data records from 1893 to 2012.
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