DiscoverSpeciesOther invertebrates
Leptoclinides dubius
- Usual depth22–80 m
- Water temperature17–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 22–80 m · Deepest record: 120 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 17–29 °C
Names and classification
Names in 2 more languages
- French
- Leptoclinide douteux
- Japanese
- コマイカタウスボヤ
Other scientific names: Didemnum dubium, Didemnum margaritiferae, Eucoelium erubensis, Leptoclinides komaii, Leptoclinides margaritiferae, Leptoclinum margaritiferae, Polysyncraton dubium
Similar species
Green Barrel Sea SquirtDidemnum molle
Gray encrusting compound tunicateDiplosoma listerianum
Robust Sea SquirtAtriolum robustum
Moseley's AscidianDidemnum moseleyi
Colonial tunicateDidemnum perlucidum
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).
- 91 open-data records from 1908 to 1998.
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