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Glycera lapidum

  • Other invertebrates
  • Usual depth17–346 m
  • Water temperature2–27 °C
  • Best monthsJuly and August
  • 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: 751 records
  • February: 639 records
  • March: 1,005 records
  • April: 811 records
  • May: 1,333 records
  • June: 1,333 records
  • July: 1,947 records
  • August: 2,365 records
  • September: 1,401 records
  • October: 581 records
  • November: 939 records
  • December: 197 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 17–346 m · Deepest record: 4,400 m

  • 0–10 m: 1,804 records
  • 10–20 m: 849 records
  • 20–30 m: 1,444 records
  • 30–40 m: 1,962 records
  • 40–50 m: 1,669 records
  • 50–60 m: 544 records
  • 60–70 m: 432 records
  • 70–80 m: 429 records
  • 80–90 m: 353 records
  • 90–100 m: 748 records
  • 100–110 m: 956 records
  • 110+ m: 11,891 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 2–27 °C

  • 0–2 °C: 1 records
  • 2–4 °C: 0 records
  • 4–6 °C: 3 records
  • 6–8 °C: 36 records
  • 8–10 °C: 125 records
  • 10–12 °C: 483 records
  • 12–14 °C: 261 records
  • 14–16 °C: 2 records
  • 16–18 °C: 2 records
  • 18–20 °C: 3 records
  • 20–22 °C: 3 records
  • 22–24 °C: 1 records
  • 24–26 °C: 0 records
  • 26–28 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

Names in 1 more languages
Japanese
ナガハラエダチロリ

Other scientific names: Hamiglycera serrulifera

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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.
  • 27,842 open-data records from 1901 to 2024.

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