Glycera americana

Other invertebrates

Usual depth1–55 m
Water temperature8–29 °C
Best monthsJuly and August
How commonOccasional

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Photo credit: (c) Marilynne Box, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 109 records
February: 159 records
March: 73 records
April: 159 records
May: 94 records
June: 247 records
July: 608 records
August: 576 records
September: 326 records
October: 122 records
November: 103 records
December: 63 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–55 m · Deepest record: 2,195 m

0–10 m: 1,069 records
10–20 m: 331 records
20–30 m: 153 records
30–40 m: 47 records
40–50 m: 26 records
50–60 m: 58 records
60–70 m: 45 records
70–80 m: 16 records
80–90 m: 13 records
90–100 m: 8 records
100–110 m: 15 records
110+ m: 57 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 8–29 °C

8–10 °C: 11 records
10–12 °C: 21 records
12–14 °C: 211 records
14–16 °C: 133 records
16–18 °C: 81 records
18–20 °C: 13 records
20–22 °C: 53 records
22–24 °C: 127 records
24–26 °C: 100 records
26–28 °C: 43 records
28–30 °C: 2 records

Photos

(c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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Names and classification

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: マイヅルチロリ

Other scientific names: Glycera chilensis, Glycera cirrata, Glycera corrugata, Glycera edentata, Glycera jucunda, Glycera laevis, Glycera longissima, Glycera opisthobranchiata, Glycera peruviana, Glycera rugosa

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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.
2,841 open-data records from 1857 to 2023.

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