Aplysia kurodai

About this species

Aplysia kurodai is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Aplysiidae.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 36 records
February: 76 records
March: 103 records
April: 128 records
May: 87 records
June: 74 records
July: 10 records
August: 12 records
September: 7 records
October: 6 records
November: 20 records
December: 17 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–16 m · Deepest record: 22 m

0–10 m: 51 records
10–20 m: 34 records
20–30 m: 4 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 13–29 °C

12–14 °C: 3 records
14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 177 records
20–22 °C: 46 records
22–24 °C: 129 records
24–26 °C: 3 records
26–28 °C: 0 records
28–30 °C: 14 records

Photos

(c) りなべる, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) りなべる, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) harum.koh, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) harum.koh, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Ashwin Srinivasan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Daniel J. Layton, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Young Jun Lee, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Names in 3 more languages

Japanese: アメフラシ
Korean: 군소
Simplified Chinese: 大海鹿, 黑田海兔

Other scientific names: Tethys kurodai

Similar species

Ocellate Sea Hare
Aplysia argus
Large-spotted sea hare
Aplysia dactylomela
Sucker-foot Sea Hare
Aplysia juliana
Dwarf sea hare
Aplysia parvula
Black-edged Sea Hare
Aplysia nigrocincta
Reticulated sea hare
Aplysia reticulata

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).
386 open-data records from 1958 to 2026.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.