Paralepidonotus ampulliferus

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 4 records
February: 58 records
March: 6 records
April: 4 records
May: 14 records
June: 36 records
July: 16 records
August: 12 records
September: 37 records
October: 31 records
November: 19 records
December: 28 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–18 m · Deepest record: 67 m

0–10 m: 15 records
10–20 m: 3 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 16–29 °C

14–16 °C: 145 records
16–18 °C: 15 records
18–20 °C: 5 records
20–22 °C: 57 records
22–24 °C: 3 records
24–26 °C: 6 records
26–28 °C: 6 records
28–30 °C: 5 records

Photos

(c) Stephen Thorpe, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Stephen Thorpe · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Shaunak Modi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Stephen Thorpe, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Stephen Thorpe, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: コブツキウロコムシ

Other scientific names: Harmothoe ampullifera, Harmothoe pseudoampullifera, Lepidonotus ampulliferus, Malmgrenia ampulliferoides, Paralepidonotus ampullifera, Polynoe ampullifera

Similar species

Paralepidonotus indicus
Common fifteen-scaled worm
Harmothoe imbricata
Eighteen-scaled Worm
Halosydna brevisetosa
Harmothoe antilopes
Euphione squamosa
Club-spined Scale Worm
Gastrolepidia clavigera

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).
436 open-data records from 1878 to 2020.
Species data updated November 5, 2026.