Ophelina acuminata

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth0–305 m
Water temperature-0–29 °C
Best monthsMay, June, and July
How commonCommon

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About this species

Ophelina acuminata is a species of marine annelids, found in the sublittoral mud and sand bottom.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Ophelina acuminata”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 235 records
February: 251 records
March: 368 records
April: 488 records
May: 1,148 records
June: 1,067 records
July: 735 records
August: 442 records
September: 305 records
October: 162 records
November: 260 records
December: 89 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–305 m · Deepest record: 3,948.8 m

0–10 m: 890 records
10–20 m: 443 records
20–30 m: 353 records
30–40 m: 325 records
40–50 m: 299 records
50–60 m: 226 records
60–70 m: 292 records
70–80 m: 351 records
80–90 m: 301 records
90–100 m: 121 records
100–110 m: 167 records
110+ m: 1,103 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of -0–29 °C

-2–0 °C: 1 records
0–2 °C: 1 records
2–4 °C: 1 records
4–6 °C: 8 records
6–8 °C: 8 records
8–10 °C: 80 records
10–12 °C: 543 records
12–14 °C: 102 records
14–16 °C: 22 records
16–18 °C: 6 records
18–20 °C: 3 records
20–22 °C: 3 records
22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 3 records
26–28 °C: 3 records
28–30 °C: 2 records

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Ammotrypane aulogaster, Ammotrypane fimbriata, Ammotrypane gracile, Ammotrypane ingebrigtsenii, Ophelia acuminata, Ophelia aulogaster, Ophelina aulogaster

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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.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
12,087 open-data records from 1843 to 2025.

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