Mysta picta

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth0–40 m
Water temperature10–29 °C
Best monthsFebruary, June, and July
How commonOccasional

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Photo credit: (c) Fraser Higgins, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Fraser Higgins · CC BY · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 81 records
February: 406 records
March: 372 records
April: 248 records
May: 319 records
June: 524 records
July: 569 records
August: 284 records
September: 392 records
October: 253 records
November: 213 records
December: 102 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–40 m · Deepest record: 3,948.4 m

0–10 m: 388 records
10–20 m: 281 records
20–30 m: 356 records
30–40 m: 122 records
40–50 m: 80 records
50–60 m: 16 records
60–70 m: 12 records
70–80 m: 4 records
80–90 m: 4 records
90–100 m: 11 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 6 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 10–29 °C

10–12 °C: 167 records
12–14 °C: 205 records
14–16 °C: 62 records
16–18 °C: 52 records
18–20 °C: 16 records
20–22 °C: 166 records
22–24 °C: 78 records
24–26 °C: 37 records
26–28 °C: 75 records
28–30 °C: 75 records

Photos

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Eteone (Mysta) picta, Eteone armata, Eteone incisa, Eteone picta, Eteone striata

Similar species

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).
3,969 open-data records from 1934 to 2025.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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