Algeria, Australia, Azores, Balear Islands, Bay of Biscay, Cabo de Creus, Canary Islands, Caribbean Sea, Catalan Sea, Cyprus, East Africa, East Atlantic, East Mediterranean, Eastern Africa & Madagascar, Egypt, FAO fishing area 34, FAO fishing area 47, Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone, Florida, France, French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone, Germany, Greece, Greek Exclusive Economic Zone, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Ionian sea, Israel, Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin, Italy, Japan, Madagascar, Madeira, Malaga, Maldives, Malta, Massachusetts, Mediterranean Sea, Morocco, Mozambique, Natal, New Caledonia, New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone, New South Wales, New Zealand, New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, North West Atlantic, Northern Tyrrhenian Sea, Philippines, Reunion, Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone, Sardinia, Sicily, South Africa (country), South Tyrrhenian Sea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tunisia, Tyrrhenian Sea, United States, Venezuela, Victoria (Australian state), Wallis and Futuna Exclusive Economic Zone, Wallis and Futuna Islands, West Atlantic, West Ionian Sea, West Pacific, Western Sahara, Yugoslavia (ex)

Distribution: cosmopolitan <273>.

Western Atlantic: South of Massachusetts to the Straits of Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and Atlantic Ocean off Venezuela.

Known from seamounts and knolls

Bottom mud

Depth range based on 282 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 166 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 5 - 80000
  Temperature range (°C): 2.272 - 24.412
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.072 - 35.809
  Salinity (PPS): 34.356 - 38.793
  Oxygen (ml/l): 2.479 - 6.102
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.126 - 2.344
  Silicate (umol/l): 1.364 - 64.220

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 5 - 80000

Temperature range (°C): 2.272 - 24.412

Nitrate (umol/L): 0.072 - 35.809

Salinity (PPS): 34.356 - 38.793

Oxygen (ml/l): 2.479 - 6.102

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.126 - 2.344

Silicate (umol/l): 1.364 - 64.220
 
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The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.


There are 6 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank.  Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species.  See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.


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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 10
Specimens with Barcodes: 16
Species With Barcodes: 1