DiscoverSpeciesOther invertebrates
Eudistoma elongatum
- Water temperature17–23 °C
- Best monthsMarch, November, and December
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Shaun Lee, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Shaun Lee · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 183 records
- February: 156 records
- March: 333 records
- April: 38 records
- May: 146 records
- June: 122 records
- July: 251 records
- August: 275 records
- September: 156 records
- October: 33 records
- November: 276 records
- December: 289 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 17–23 °C
Photos
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(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Shaun Lee, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) James K. Douch, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
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(c) Shaun Lee, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Colella elongata, Eudistoma elongata
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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).
- 1,974 open-data records from 1898 to 2025.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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