Levinsenia gracilis

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth26–378 m
Water temperature-1–29 °C
Best monthsMay
How commonCommon

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 551 records
February: 766 records
March: 938 records
April: 871 records
May: 2,645 records
June: 1,421 records
July: 870 records
August: 941 records
September: 893 records
October: 523 records
November: 755 records
December: 223 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 26–378 m · Deepest record: 3,587 m

0–10 m: 774 records
10–20 m: 642 records
20–30 m: 829 records
30–40 m: 434 records
40–50 m: 420 records
50–60 m: 286 records
60–70 m: 1,236 records
70–80 m: 2,002 records
80–90 m: 340 records
90–100 m: 258 records
100–110 m: 644 records
110+ m: 12,333 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of -1–29 °C

-2–0 °C: 6 records
0–2 °C: 6 records
2–4 °C: 0 records
4–6 °C: 16 records
6–8 °C: 40 records
8–10 °C: 219 records
10–12 °C: 494 records
12–14 °C: 26 records
14–16 °C: 10 records
16–18 °C: 10 records
18–20 °C: 6 records
20–22 °C: 5 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 72 records
26–28 °C: 7 records
28–30 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: イトヒメエラゴカイ

Other scientific names: Aonides gracilis, Paraonis (Paraonides) gracilis, Paraonis filiformis, Paraonis gracilis, Paraonis ivanovi, Tauberia gracilis

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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.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
36,500 open-data records from 1902 to 2024.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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