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Mesochaetopterus minutus
- Usual depth0.5 m
- Water temperature18–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary and October
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Erasmo Macaya Horta, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 8 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 6 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 5 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 12 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0.5 m · Deepest record: 16.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–29 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- スナタバムシ
Other scientific names: Mesochaetopterus minuta
Similar species
Parchment tubeworm / tube wormChaetopterus variopedatus
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).
- 100 open-data records from 1914 to 2008.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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