Strawberry worm

Eupolymnia nebulosa

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth1–124 m
Water temperature-1–29 °C
Best monthsJune, July, and August
How commonCommon

Photo credit: (c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Eupolymnia nebulosa is a species of sedentary marine polychaete worm in the family Terebellidae. It builds a tube of slime under stones or large shells on soft substrates on the lower shore and down to depths of about 500 metres.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Eupolymnia nebulosa”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 42 records
February: 129 records
March: 230 records
April: 189 records
May: 256 records
June: 322 records
July: 314 records
August: 352 records
September: 273 records
October: 123 records
November: 76 records
December: 12 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–124 m · Deepest record: 1,250 m

0–10 m: 630 records
10–20 m: 463 records
20–30 m: 167 records
30–40 m: 31 records
40–50 m: 32 records
50–60 m: 21 records
60–70 m: 27 records
70–80 m: 14 records
80–90 m: 10 records
90–100 m: 11 records
100–110 m: 8 records
110+ m: 238 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of -1–29 °C

-2–0 °C: 1 records
0–2 °C: 0 records
2–4 °C: 0 records
4–6 °C: 0 records
6–8 °C: 6 records
8–10 °C: 73 records
10–12 °C: 455 records
12–14 °C: 259 records
14–16 °C: 8 records
16–18 °C: 4 records
18–20 °C: 6 records
20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 3 records
24–26 °C: 7 records
26–28 °C: 43 records
28–30 °C: 4 records

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Names and classification

English: Strawberry worm, strawberry worm

Names in 2 more languages

German: Erdbeerwurm, Polymnia
French: Polymnie nébuleuse

Other scientific names: Amphiro nebulosa, Amphitritoides rapax, Polymnia nebulosa, Terebella debilis, Terebella meckelii, Terebella nebulosa, Terebella tuberculata

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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.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
7,452 open-data records from 1818 to 2023.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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