Lyman's Deep-sea Brittle Star

Ophiomusa lymani

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth1,019–2,250 m
Water temperature0–29 °C
Best monthsApril, August, 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: 30 records
February: 35 records
March: 48 records
April: 141 records
May: 77 records
June: 50 records
July: 79 records
August: 155 records
September: 124 records
October: 66 records
November: 166 records
December: 42 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1,019–2,250 m · Deepest record: 4,829 m

0–10 m: 1 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 1 records
100–110 m: 1 records
110+ m: 1,185 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 0–29 °C

0–2 °C: 7 records
2–4 °C: 2 records
4–6 °C: 0 records
6–8 °C: 0 records
8–10 °C: 45 records
10–12 °C: 54 records
12–14 °C: 31 records
14–16 °C: 77 records
16–18 °C: 159 records
18–20 °C: 48 records
20–22 °C: 16 records
22–24 °C: 7 records
24–26 °C: 26 records
26–28 °C: 9 records
28–30 °C: 10 records

Names and classification

English: Lyman's Deep-sea Brittle Star

Other scientific names: Ophiomusium lymani

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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).
1,576 open-data records from 1874 to 2024.

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