
DiscoverSpeciesOther invertebrates
Chloeia fusca
- Usual depth5–23 m
- Water temperature28–29 °C
- Best monthsApril and May
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Georgina Jones, 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: 6 records
- February: 7 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 30 records
- May: 39 records
- June: 7 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 9 records
- October: 13 records
- November: 15 records
- December: 11 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–23 m · Deepest record: 38.7 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 28–29 °C
Photos

(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jay Paroline, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- フタスジウミケムシ
Other scientific names: Chloeia longisetosa
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).
- 78 open-data records from 1885 to 2016.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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