Phormosoma bursarium

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth432–979 m
Water temperature8–30 °C
Best monthsJanuary, April, and October
How commonOccasional

About this species

Phormosoma bursarium is a species of sea urchin in the order Echinothurioida, which is found at depths between 170 metre to 2340 metre.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Phormosoma bursarium”, 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: 62 records
February: 17 records
March: 36 records
April: 58 records
May: 33 records
June: 41 records
July: 30 records
August: 48 records
September: 36 records
October: 63 records
November: 34 records
December: 26 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 432–979 m · Deepest record: 2,308 m

0–10 m: 1 records
10–20 m: 2 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 503 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 8–30 °C

8–10 °C: 40 records
10–12 °C: 49 records
12–14 °C: 116 records
14–16 °C: 88 records
16–18 °C: 93 records
18–20 °C: 30 records
20–22 °C: 22 records
22–24 °C: 14 records
24–26 °C: 64 records
26–28 °C: 5 records
28–30 °C: 98 records

Names and classification

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: ナマハゲフクロウニ

Other scientific names: Phormosoma indicum

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).
632 open-data records from 1881 to 2025.

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