DiscoverSpeciesOther invertebrates
Labidodemas pertinax
- Usual depth1 m
- Water temperature27–29 °C
- Best monthsApril
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) François Michonneau, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 9 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1 m · Deepest record: 1 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 27–29 °C
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Holothuria pertinax
Similar species
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Brown SandfishBohadschia marmorata
Brown SandfishBohadschia vitiensis
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).
- 20 open-data records from 1964 to 2023.
- Species data updated October 30, 2026.
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