Moseley's sea cucumber

Pannychia moseleyi

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth393–1,813 m
Water temperature-0–29 °C
Best monthsApril
How commonOccasional

About this species

Pannychia moseleyi is a sea cucumber in the family Laetmogonidae. It was first described by Johan Hjalmar Théel in 1882. It can be up to 200 mm long and 40 mm wide. It occurs in the benthic zone at depths greater than 400 m.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Pannychia moseleyi”, 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: 6 records
February: 7 records
March: 25 records
April: 73 records
May: 12 records
June: 14 records
July: 26 records
August: 17 records
September: 42 records
October: 5 records
November: 6 records
December: 1 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 393–1,813 m · Deepest record: 2,430 m

40–50 m: 2 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 1 records
110–120 m: 0 records
120–130 m: 0 records
130–140 m: 1 records
140–150 m: 1 records
150+ m: 300 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of -0–29 °C

-2–0 °C: 2 records
0–2 °C: 0 records
2–4 °C: 0 records
4–6 °C: 7 records
6–8 °C: 2 records
8–10 °C: 12 records
10–12 °C: 20 records
12–14 °C: 24 records
14–16 °C: 5 records
16–18 °C: 12 records
18–20 °C: 3 records
20–22 °C: 3 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 2 records
26–28 °C: 0 records
28–30 °C: 2 records

Names and classification

English: Moseley's sea cucumber, Glowing Sea Cucumber

Names in 2 more languages

French: holothurie de Moseley
Japanese: ハゲナマコ, ムラサキハゲナマコ, ムラサキハゲナマコ／ハゲナマコ

Other scientific names: Pannychia multiradiata, Pannychia pallida

Similar species

Laetmogone maculata

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).
535 open-data records from 1888 to 2023.

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