Glycera tesselata

Other invertebrates

Usual depth2–365 m
Water temperature10–29 °C
Best monthsJune and July
How commonOccasional

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 90 records
February: 107 records
March: 62 records
April: 142 records
May: 65 records
June: 240 records
July: 198 records
August: 93 records
September: 75 records
October: 71 records
November: 48 records
December: 18 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–365 m · Deepest record: 4,142.5 m

0–10 m: 97 records
10–20 m: 68 records
20–30 m: 131 records
30–40 m: 63 records
40–50 m: 29 records
50–60 m: 29 records
60–70 m: 8 records
70–80 m: 17 records
80–90 m: 10 records
90–100 m: 5 records
100–110 m: 18 records
110+ m: 183 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 10–29 °C

8–10 °C: 7 records
10–12 °C: 140 records
12–14 °C: 49 records
14–16 °C: 25 records
16–18 °C: 50 records
18–20 °C: 170 records
20–22 °C: 50 records
22–24 °C: 73 records
24–26 °C: 303 records
26–28 °C: 46 records
28–30 °C: 25 records

Names and classification

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: エラナシチロリ

Other scientific names: Glycera koehleri, Glycera minor, Glycera sagittariae, Glycera tessellata

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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.
1,478 open-data records from 1863 to 2023.

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