Apatopygus recens

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth12–154 m
Water temperature9–18 °C
Best monthsJanuary and May
How commonRare

About this species

Apatopygus recens is a species of sea urchin of the family Apatopygidae. Their armour is covered with spines. It is placed in the genus Apatopygus and lives in the sea. Apatopygus recens was first scientifically described in 1836 by Milne-Edwards, French zoologist.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Apatopygus recens”, 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: 40 records
February: 9 records
March: 9 records
April: 6 records
May: 51 records
June: 7 records
July: 0 records
August: 0 records
September: 8 records
October: 25 records
November: 19 records
December: 4 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 12–154 m · Deepest record: 794 m

0–10 m: 5 records
10–20 m: 23 records
20–30 m: 18 records
30–40 m: 15 records
40–50 m: 5 records
50–60 m: 2 records
60–70 m: 7 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 2 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 3 records
110+ m: 45 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 9–18 °C

8–10 °C: 41 records
10–12 °C: 50 records
12–14 °C: 59 records
14–16 °C: 32 records
16–18 °C: 13 records

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Echinobrissus (Oligopodia) recens, Echinobrissus recens, Echinobryssus recens, Nucleolites recens, Nucleopygus recens, Oligopodia recens

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).
216 open-data records from 1906 to 2018.

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