Admetella longipedata

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth613–6,182 m
Water temperature-1–29 °C
Best monthsMarch and July
How commonRare

About this species

Admetella longipedata is a scale worm that occurs widely in the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans at depths of 400–6,000m.

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

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 613–6,182 m · Deepest record: 6,860 m

400–410 m: 1 records
410–420 m: 0 records
420–430 m: 0 records
430–440 m: 0 records
440–450 m: 0 records
450–460 m: 0 records
460–470 m: 0 records
470–480 m: 0 records
480–490 m: 0 records
490–500 m: 0 records
500–510 m: 0 records
510+ m: 16 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of -1–29 °C

-2–0 °C: 2 records
0–2 °C: 0 records
2–4 °C: 0 records
4–6 °C: 1 records
6–8 °C: 1 records
8–10 °C: 0 records
10–12 °C: 0 records
12–14 °C: 0 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 5 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 2 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 2 records
26–28 °C: 2 records
28–30 °C: 4 records

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Polynoe (Admetella) longipedata

Similar species

Club-spined Scale Worm
Gastrolepidia clavigera
Bathykermadeca hadalis
Gorgoniapolynoe bayeri
Hemilepidia versluysi
Heteralentia ptycholepis
Paradyte crinoidicola

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).
20 open-data records from 1885 to 1932.
Species data updated October 27, 2026.

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