Asteronotus hepaticus
- Usual depth3–12 m
- Water temperature19–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch, October, and December
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Paolo Co, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Asteronotus hepaticus is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Asteronotus hepaticus”, 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: 3 records
- February: 5 records
- March: 8 records
- April: 8 records
- May: 7 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 5 records
- October: 9 records
- November: 5 records
- December: 9 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–12 m · Deepest record: 12 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 19–29 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- French
- Astéronotus lie-de-vin
Other scientific names: Doris hepatica
Similar species
Starback Tentacled DoridAsteronotus cespitosus
Bohol DiscodorisDiscodoris boholiensis
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).
- 28 open-data records from 1995 to 2024.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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