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Metasychis gotoi

  • Other invertebrates
  • IUCN: Not evaluated
  • Usual depth25–128 m
  • Water temperature6–29 °C
  • Best monthsApril, July, and November
  • How commonOccasional
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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

  • January: 0 records
  • February: 0 records
  • March: 6 records
  • April: 9 records
  • May: 6 records
  • June: 8 records
  • July: 11 records
  • August: 8 records
  • September: 0 records
  • October: 1 records
  • November: 11 records
  • December: 5 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 25–128 m · Deepest record: 850 m

  • 0–10 m: 1 records
  • 10–20 m: 3 records
  • 20–30 m: 7 records
  • 30–40 m: 8 records
  • 40–50 m: 14 records
  • 50–60 m: 9 records
  • 60–70 m: 4 records
  • 70–80 m: 2 records
  • 80–90 m: 5 records
  • 90–100 m: 5 records
  • 100–110 m: 4 records
  • 110+ m: 11 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 6–29 °C

  • 6–8 °C: 1 records
  • 8–10 °C: 0 records
  • 10–12 °C: 2 records
  • 12–14 °C: 28 records
  • 14–16 °C: 6 records
  • 16–18 °C: 15 records
  • 18–20 °C: 34 records
  • 20–22 °C: 73 records
  • 22–24 °C: 2 records
  • 24–26 °C: 43 records
  • 26–28 °C: 72 records
  • 28–30 °C: 4 records

Names and classification

Names in 2 more languages
Japanese
ゴトウタケフシゴカイ
Korean
수슬대나무갯지렁이

Other scientific names: Asychis gotoi, Asychis shaccotanus, Maldane coronata, Maldane gotoi

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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).
  • 311 open-data records from 1900 to 2024.
  • Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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