DiscoverSpeciesOther invertebrates
Coelopleurus maculatus
- Usual depth106–385 m
- Water temperature22–29 °C
- Best monthsJuly, August, and December
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) SSR2000, 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: 1 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 106–385 m · Deepest record: 820 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C
Names and classification
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- ベンテンウニ
- Simplified Chinese
- 斑腔海膽
Similar species
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).
- 35 open-data records from 1906 to 2022.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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