DiscoverSpeciesOther invertebrates
Breviturma dentata
- Usual depth0–21 m
- Water temperature16–30 °C
- Best monthsMay, October, and December
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Philippe Bourjon, 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: 37 records
- February: 24 records
- March: 28 records
- April: 18 records
- May: 50 records
- June: 18 records
- July: 28 records
- August: 29 records
- September: 24 records
- October: 51 records
- November: 24 records
- December: 57 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–21 m · Deepest record: 69 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 16–30 °C
Photos
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(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) cello caruso-turiello, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
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(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Ophiure écailleuse
- Japanese
- Gomafu-kumohitode, ゴマフクモヒトデ
- Simplified Chinese
- 齒櫛蛇尾, 齒短蛇尾
Other scientific names: Ophiocoma (Breviturma) dentata, Ophiocoma dentata, Ophiocoma insularia, Ophiocoma ternispina, Ophiocoma variegata
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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).
- 514 open-data records from 1842 to 2023.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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