Exogone dispar

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth1–139 m
Water temperature-0–29 °C
Best monthsAugust and September
How commonOccasional

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 127 records
February: 198 records
March: 23 records
April: 81 records
May: 165 records
June: 283 records
July: 268 records
August: 482 records
September: 423 records
October: 94 records
November: 153 records
December: 56 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–139 m · Deepest record: 2,922 m

0–10 m: 641 records
10–20 m: 171 records
20–30 m: 45 records
30–40 m: 34 records
40–50 m: 22 records
50–60 m: 25 records
60–70 m: 17 records
70–80 m: 9 records
80–90 m: 13 records
90–100 m: 23 records
100–110 m: 18 records
110+ m: 123 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of -0–29 °C

-2–0 °C: 18 records
0–2 °C: 0 records
2–4 °C: 0 records
4–6 °C: 1 records
6–8 °C: 8 records
8–10 °C: 25 records
10–12 °C: 71 records
12–14 °C: 44 records
14–16 °C: 47 records
16–18 °C: 5 records
18–20 °C: 22 records
20–22 °C: 110 records
22–24 °C: 90 records
24–26 °C: 328 records
26–28 °C: 156 records
28–30 °C: 5 records

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Exogone (Exogone) dispar, Paedophylax dispar, Pedophylax longiceps

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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).
2,534 open-data records from 1884 to 2025.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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