Odontosyllis polycera

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 20 records
February: 30 records
March: 9 records
April: 12 records
May: 4 records
June: 16 records
July: 21 records
August: 12 records
September: 62 records
October: 15 records
November: 4 records
December: 10 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–70 m · Deepest record: 70 m

0–10 m: 5 records
10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 12–29 °C

10–12 °C: 2 records
12–14 °C: 6 records
14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 5 records
18–20 °C: 16 records
20–22 °C: 18 records
22–24 °C: 24 records
24–26 °C: 87 records
26–28 °C: 2 records
28–30 °C: 1 records

Photos

(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Javier · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Christopher Stephens, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Christopher Stephens · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Saryu Mae 前朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Luca Davenport-Thomas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Luca Davenport-Thomas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Odontosyllis suteri, Procome polycera, Syllis polycera, Trypanosyllis occipitalis

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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).
169 open-data records from 1861 to 2011.
Species data updated November 5, 2026.