DiscoverSpeciesOther invertebrates
Glycera lapidum
- Usual depth17–346 m
- Water temperature2–27 °C
- Best monthsJuly and August
- How commonCommon
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
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 2–27 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- ナガハラエダチロリ
Other scientific names: Hamiglycera serrulifera
Similar species
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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