Fragile sea whip

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 11 records
February: 9 records
March: 17 records
April: 11 records
May: 14 records
June: 16 records
July: 15 records
August: 11 records
September: 16 records
October: 22 records
November: 29 records
December: 12 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 10–712 m · Deepest record: 1,221 m

0–10 m: 7 records
10–20 m: 21 records
20–30 m: 18 records
30–40 m: 10 records
40–50 m: 3 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 9 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C

22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 35 records
26–28 °C: 52 records
28–30 °C: 43 records

Photos

(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) luluchouette, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) luluchouette, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Donald Davesne, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Fragile sea whip, fragile sea whip

Names in 3 more languages

German: Helle Seepeitsche, Zerbrechliche Seepeitsche
Japanese: リュウキュウミゾヤギ
Simplified Chinese: 白蘆莖珊瑚（白鞭珊瑚）

Other scientific names: Junceella squamata

Similar species

Sea whip
Junceella juncea
Dichotella gemmacea

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.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
240 open-data records from 1909 to 2018.
Species data updated October 27, 2026.