Glycera alba

Other invertebrates

Usual depth8–110 m
Water temperature4–29 °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: 462 records
February: 627 records
March: 1,507 records
April: 1,344 records
May: 3,460 records
June: 1,464 records
July: 779 records
August: 603 records
September: 880 records
October: 1,137 records
November: 482 records
December: 137 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 8–110 m · Deepest record: 1,105 m

0–10 m: 1,288 records
10–20 m: 2,055 records
20–30 m: 881 records
30–40 m: 639 records
40–50 m: 377 records
50–60 m: 261 records
60–70 m: 1,381 records
70–80 m: 2,102 records
80–90 m: 741 records
90–100 m: 394 records
100–110 m: 442 records
110+ m: 1,250 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 4–29 °C

4–6 °C: 1 records
6–8 °C: 1 records
8–10 °C: 25 records
10–12 °C: 631 records
12–14 °C: 130 records
14–16 °C: 3 records
16–18 °C: 14 records
18–20 °C: 9 records
20–22 °C: 21 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 1 records
26–28 °C: 1 records
28–30 °C: 4 records

Names and classification

Names in 2 more languages

French: glycère
Japanese: アルバチロリ

Other scientific names: Glycera albicans, Glycera branchialis, Glycera danica, Glycera minuta, Nereis alba, Rhynchobolus minutus

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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.
18,959 open-data records from 1776 to 2025.

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