Glycera oxycephala

Other invertebrates

Usual depth0–90 m
Water temperature5–29 °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: 213 records
February: 302 records
March: 193 records
April: 203 records
May: 405 records
June: 625 records
July: 1,019 records
August: 1,112 records
September: 472 records
October: 230 records
November: 338 records
December: 117 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–90 m · Deepest record: 2,325 m

0–10 m: 727 records
10–20 m: 303 records
20–30 m: 500 records
30–40 m: 912 records
40–50 m: 970 records
50–60 m: 196 records
60–70 m: 113 records
70–80 m: 96 records
80–90 m: 77 records
90–100 m: 108 records
100–110 m: 125 records
110+ m: 202 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 5–29 °C

4–6 °C: 1 records
6–8 °C: 0 records
8–10 °C: 3 records
10–12 °C: 250 records
12–14 °C: 614 records
14–16 °C: 8 records
16–18 °C: 8 records
18–20 °C: 10 records
20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 23 records
24–26 °C: 38 records
26–28 °C: 2 records
28–30 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: ズナガチロリ

Other scientific names: Glycera benguellana, Glycera ehlersi, Glycera verdescens

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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.
5,575 open-data records from 1879 to 2023.

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