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Bathyeliasona abyssicola
- Usual depth3,366–7,160 m
- Water temperature6–30 °C
- Best monthsFebruary and September
- How commonRare
About this species
Bathyeliasona abyssicola is a deep-sea scale worm which occurs widely across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and over a wide depth range, from 4000m to 8000m.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Bathyeliasona abyssicola”, 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: 0 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3,366–7,160 m · Deepest record: 7,974 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 6–30 °C
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Macellicephala (Macellicephala) abyssicola, Macellicephala abyssicola
Similar species
Club-spined Scale WormGastrolepidia clavigera
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).
- 46 open-data records from 1900 to 2024.
- Species data updated October 31, 2026.
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