Eupolymnia nesidensis

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth30–122 m
Water temperature7–27 °C
Best monthsAugust
How commonOccasional

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Photo credit: (c) Rebekah Bajkó, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Rebekah Bajkó · CC BY · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 72 records
February: 121 records
March: 87 records
April: 105 records
May: 214 records
June: 129 records
July: 232 records
August: 1,051 records
September: 307 records
October: 126 records
November: 156 records
December: 45 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 30–122 m · Deepest record: 558.5 m

0–10 m: 117 records
10–20 m: 51 records
20–30 m: 67 records
30–40 m: 615 records
40–50 m: 768 records
50–60 m: 166 records
60–70 m: 87 records
70–80 m: 28 records
80–90 m: 28 records
90–100 m: 101 records
100–110 m: 47 records
110+ m: 292 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 7–27 °C

6–8 °C: 9 records
8–10 °C: 45 records
10–12 °C: 268 records
12–14 °C: 611 records
14–16 °C: 4 records
16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 5 records
20–22 °C: 21 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 3 records
26–28 °C: 4 records

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Amphitrite nesidensis, Polymnia danielsseni, Polymnia nesidensis, Polymnia viridis, Terebella danielsseni, Terebella flavescens, Terebella lutea, Terebella nesidensis

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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).
3,674 open-data records from 1933 to 2024.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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