DiscoverSpeciesOther invertebrates
Diopatra sugokai
- Usual depth5 m
- Water temperature17–25 °C
- Best monthsMay and July
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Rosie Steinberg, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5 m · Deepest record: 5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 17–25 °C
Names and classification
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- スゴカイイソメ
- Korean
- 털보집갯지렁이
- Simplified Chinese
- 杉岡氏巢沙蠶
Other scientific names: Diopatra bilobata
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).
- 52 open-data records from 1984 to 2014.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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