Prionospio steenstrupi

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth12–280 m
Water temperature-1–29 °C
Best monthsJuly, August, and September
How commonCommon

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 183 records
February: 349 records
March: 171 records
April: 162 records
May: 242 records
June: 479 records
July: 676 records
August: 628 records
September: 527 records
October: 159 records
November: 186 records
December: 164 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 12–280 m · Deepest record: 4,000 m

0–10 m: 285 records
10–20 m: 222 records
20–30 m: 424 records
30–40 m: 279 records
40–50 m: 155 records
50–60 m: 150 records
60–70 m: 219 records
70–80 m: 111 records
80–90 m: 109 records
90–100 m: 88 records
100–110 m: 167 records
110+ m: 1,168 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of -1–29 °C

-2–0 °C: 10 records
0–2 °C: 8 records
2–4 °C: 1 records
4–6 °C: 3 records
6–8 °C: 8 records
8–10 °C: 85 records
10–12 °C: 260 records
12–14 °C: 241 records
14–16 °C: 75 records
16–18 °C: 7 records
18–20 °C: 9 records
20–22 °C: 11 records
22–24 °C: 33 records
24–26 °C: 100 records
26–28 °C: 16 records
28–30 °C: 3 records

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Prionospio (Prionospio) steenstrupi, Prionospio tenuis, Spiophanes tenuis

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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).
5,238 open-data records from 1880 to 2025.

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