Pom-pom Single-stalk
Babakina indopacifica
- Usual depth1–15 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, May, and August
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Jay Paroline, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 11 records
- February: 19 records
- March: 13 records
- April: 13 records
- May: 29 records
- June: 18 records
- July: 15 records
- August: 25 records
- September: 14 records
- October: 11 records
- November: 7 records
- December: 10 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–15 m · Deepest record: 25 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Photos
(c) Jay Paroline, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Pom-pom Single-stalk
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Babakine indopacifique
- Japanese
- ツツイシミノウミウシ, ミナミツツイシミノウミウシ
- Simplified Chinese
- 印太平洋馬場海牛
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).
- 104 open-data records from 1990 to 2026.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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