Indian feather star

Stephanometra indica

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth3–51 m
Water temperature24–29 °C
Best monthsNovember
How commonOccasional

All species

Photo credit: (c) Frédéric Ducarme, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 18 records
February: 17 records
March: 30 records
April: 30 records
May: 16 records
June: 9 records
July: 8 records
August: 14 records
September: 20 records
October: 23 records
November: 65 records
December: 27 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 3–51 m · Deepest record: 245 m

0–10 m: 13 records
10–20 m: 25 records
20–30 m: 4 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 5 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 24–29 °C

22–24 °C: 2 records
24–26 °C: 66 records
26–28 °C: 64 records
28–30 °C: 97 records

Photos

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(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) John Hepburn, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Peter Southwood, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Melissa Meadows, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Indian feather star

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: リュウキュウトゲウミシダ

Other scientific names: Antedon flavomaculata, Antedon indica, Antedon marginata, Antedon monacantha, Antedon oxyacantha, Antedon spicata, Antedon spinipinna, Antedon tuberculata, Antedon zebrinus, Comatula indica, Himerometra acuta, Himerometra heliaster, Stephanometra marginata, Stephanometra monacantha, Stephanometra oxyacantha, Stephanometra protecta, Stephanometra spicata, Stephanometra spinipinna, Stephanometra stypacantha, Stephanometra tuberculata

Similar species

Stephanometra tenuipinna
Klunzinger's Feather Star
Dichrometra palmata
Dichrometra brachypecha
Oxymetra erinacea
Oxymetra finschii

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).
445 open-data records from 1876 to 2023.
Species data updated October 31, 2026.

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