Blacktip shipworm

Lyrodus pedicellatus

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth0–7 m
Water temperature10–29 °C
Best monthsJanuary, February, and May
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: 36 records
February: 34 records
March: 11 records
April: 6 records
May: 22 records
June: 8 records
July: 14 records
August: 8 records
September: 10 records
October: 8 records
November: 15 records
December: 7 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–7 m · Deepest record: 59 m

0–10 m: 51 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 10–29 °C

10–12 °C: 3 records
12–14 °C: 15 records
14–16 °C: 10 records
16–18 °C: 14 records
18–20 °C: 32 records
20–22 °C: 45 records
22–24 °C: 38 records
24–26 °C: 13 records
26–28 °C: 20 records
28–30 °C: 40 records

Names and classification

English: Blacktip shipworm, blacktip shipworm, Blacktip Shipworm, Guernsey Shipworm

Names in 3 more languages

German: Schwarzspitzen-Schiffsbohrwurm
Japanese: ヤツフナクイムシ
Korean: 발좀벌레조개

Other scientific names: Lyrodus (Teredops) diegensis, Lyrodus (Teredops) hawaiensis, Lyrodus (Teredops) kauiensis, Lyrodus tristis, Teredo (Lyrodus) linaoana, Teredo (Lyrodus) taiwanensis, Teredo (Lyrodus) townsendi, Teredo (Pingoteredo) tristi, Teredo (Teredo) honoluluensis, Teredo arabica, Teredo calmani, Teredo chlorotica, Teredo dagmarae, Teredo diegensis, Teredo franziusi, Teredo hawaiensis, Teredo helleniusi, Teredo hibicola, Teredo honoluluensis, Teredo indica, Teredo kauiensis, Teredo lamyi, Teredo linaoana, Teredo lomensis, Teredo madrasensis, Teredo malaccana, Teredo midwayensis, Teredo nodosa, Teredo pedicellata, Teredo pertingens

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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).
395 open-data records from 1849 to 2022.

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