Laetmogone fimbriata

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth360–678 m
Water temperature5–29 °C
Best monthsNovember
How commonRare

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 0 records
February: 1 records
March: 0 records
April: 3 records
May: 0 records
June: 2 records
July: 2 records
August: 0 records
September: 1 records
October: 2 records
November: 9 records
December: 2 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 360–678 m · Deepest record: 705.5 m

360–370 m: 2 records
370–380 m: 0 records
380–390 m: 0 records
390–400 m: 2 records
400–410 m: 4 records
410–420 m: 1 records
420–430 m: 0 records
430–440 m: 0 records
440–450 m: 1 records
450–460 m: 0 records
460–470 m: 0 records
470+ m: 6 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 5–29 °C

4–6 °C: 1 records
6–8 °C: 0 records
8–10 °C: 0 records
10–12 °C: 0 records
12–14 °C: 0 records
14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 2 records
18–20 °C: 10 records
20–22 °C: 7 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 0 records
26–28 °C: 0 records
28–30 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Bathygone papillatum, Ilyodaemon fimbriatus, Laetmogone parva, Laetmogone selenkai

Similar species

Laetmogone violacea
Laetmogone ijimai
Laetmogone maculata
Moseley's sea cucumber
Pannychia moseleyi
Benthogone abstrusa
Benthogone fragilis

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).
35 open-data records from 1962 to 2008.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.

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