White Anemone Eater
Bulbaeolidia alba
- Usual depth3–18 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsAugust, September, and December
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Bernard Picton, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Bulbaeolidia alba is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Bulbaeolidia alba”, 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: 41 records
- February: 43 records
- March: 65 records
- April: 50 records
- May: 62 records
- June: 49 records
- July: 56 records
- August: 78 records
- September: 85 records
- October: 63 records
- November: 70 records
- December: 78 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–18 m · Deepest record: 27.1 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Photos
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(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jay Paroline, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- White Anemone Eater, White Aeolidiella
Names in 4 more languages
- Spanish
- Eólido blanco
- Japanese
- シロミノウミウシ
- Korean
- 곤봉도롱이갯민숭이
- Simplified Chinese
- 白瘤角簑海蛞蝓
Other scientific names: Aeolidiella alba, Spurilla alba
Similar species
- Common grey sea slug
Aeolidia papillosa
- Colorful Aeolid
Anteaeolidiella chromosoma
Indian nudibranchAnteaeolidiella cacaotica
Multicoloured Anemone EaterBaeolidia moebii
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).
- 215 open-data records from 1978 to 2026.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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