Odontosyllis gibba

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth0–59 m
Water temperature7–27 °C
Best monthsMarch, June, and August
How commonOccasional

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

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 48 records
February: 136 records
March: 285 records
April: 207 records
May: 230 records
June: 293 records
July: 241 records
August: 379 records
September: 278 records
October: 164 records
November: 111 records
December: 49 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–59 m · Deepest record: 805 m

0–10 m: 387 records
10–20 m: 83 records
20–30 m: 61 records
30–40 m: 238 records
40–50 m: 307 records
50–60 m: 167 records
60–70 m: 42 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 2 records
110+ m: 90 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 7–27 °C

6–8 °C: 5 records
8–10 °C: 22 records
10–12 °C: 153 records
12–14 °C: 679 records
14–16 °C: 16 records
16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 14 records
20–22 °C: 10 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 2 records
26–28 °C: 2 records

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Names and classification

Other scientific names: Odontosyllis brevicornis, Odontosyllis brevirornis, Odontosyllis brevirornisi, Syllis brevicornis

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).
3,406 open-data records from 1863 to 2023.
Species data updated November 5, 2026.

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