Malacoceros fuliginosus

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth0–180 m
Water temperature1–21 °C
Best monthsMarch, May, and September
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: 64 records
February: 56 records
March: 319 records
April: 309 records
May: 325 records
June: 180 records
July: 130 records
August: 190 records
September: 373 records
October: 138 records
November: 91 records
December: 28 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–180 m · Deepest record: 500 m

0–10 m: 489 records
10–20 m: 87 records
20–30 m: 49 records
30–40 m: 14 records
40–50 m: 11 records
50–60 m: 7 records
60–70 m: 5 records
70–80 m: 16 records
80–90 m: 25 records
90–100 m: 13 records
100–110 m: 8 records
110+ m: 453 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 1–21 °C

0–2 °C: 11 records
2–4 °C: 0 records
4–6 °C: 0 records
6–8 °C: 0 records
8–10 °C: 10 records
10–12 °C: 268 records
12–14 °C: 151 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 7 records
20–22 °C: 11 records

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Nerine fuliginosa, Scolelepis fuliginosa, Spio fuliginosus

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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).
7,784 open-data records from 1960 to 2024.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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