Oxydromus flexuosus

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 208 records
February: 225 records
March: 920 records
April: 1,016 records
May: 2,248 records
June: 721 records
July: 346 records
August: 387 records
September: 456 records
October: 545 records
November: 232 records
December: 114 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–125 m · Deepest record: 500 m

0–10 m: 700 records
10–20 m: 738 records
20–30 m: 384 records
30–40 m: 339 records
40–50 m: 380 records
50–60 m: 190 records
60–70 m: 165 records
70–80 m: 325 records
80–90 m: 155 records
90–100 m: 178 records
100–110 m: 294 records
110+ m: 1,264 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 7–29 °C

6–8 °C: 1 records
8–10 °C: 29 records
10–12 °C: 661 records
12–14 °C: 82 records
14–16 °C: 13 records
16–18 °C: 6 records
18–20 °C: 3 records
20–22 °C: 40 records
22–24 °C: 2 records
24–26 °C: 5 records
26–28 °C: 5 records
28–30 °C: 1 records

Photos

(c) Fraser Higgins, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Conor McKinney, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bart, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Vsevolod Rudyi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Names in 1 more languages

French: Ophiodromus flexueux

Other scientific names: Gyptis fasciatus, Nereis flexuosa, Ophiodromus flexuosus, Oxydromus fasciatus, Podarke albocincta

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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).
15,833 open-data records from 1906 to 2025.
Species data updated November 5, 2026.