Galathowenia oculata

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth9–278 m
Water temperature-1–28 °C
Best monthsMay
How commonCommon

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 502 records
February: 545 records
March: 1,382 records
April: 1,794 records
May: 4,083 records
June: 1,311 records
July: 1,007 records
August: 709 records
September: 856 records
October: 907 records
November: 496 records
December: 115 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 9–278 m · Deepest record: 4,005 m

0–10 m: 2,276 records
10–20 m: 2,505 records
20–30 m: 767 records
30–40 m: 358 records
40–50 m: 348 records
50–60 m: 403 records
60–70 m: 1,595 records
70–80 m: 1,838 records
80–90 m: 892 records
90–100 m: 809 records
100–110 m: 1,283 records
110+ m: 8,801 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of -1–28 °C

-2–0 °C: 2 records
0–2 °C: 5 records
2–4 °C: 2 records
4–6 °C: 10 records
6–8 °C: 13 records
8–10 °C: 75 records
10–12 °C: 709 records
12–14 °C: 78 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 3 records
18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 2 records
24–26 °C: 9 records
26–28 °C: 5 records

Names and classification

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: マナコチマキゴカイ

Other scientific names: Myriochele oculata

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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).
64,698 open-data records from 1958 to 2024.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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