Lion Tentacle Aeolid
Cratena simba
- Usual depth6–21 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsAugust, October, and November
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Cratena simba is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Cratena simba”, 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: 27 records
- February: 21 records
- March: 28 records
- April: 40 records
- May: 34 records
- June: 27 records
- July: 33 records
- August: 49 records
- September: 22 records
- October: 41 records
- November: 50 records
- December: 37 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 6–21 m · Deepest record: 36.6 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Photos
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Lion Tentacle Aeolid
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- シンバミノウミウシ
- Simplified Chinese
- 辛巴灰翼海蛞蝓
Similar species
Sunrise Tentacle AeolidCaloria indica
Black-horned Egg-eaterFavorinus tsuruganus
Australian Blue DragonPteraeolidia ianthina
Military Tentacle AeolidCaloria militaris
White-diamond Egg-eaterFavorinus japonicus
Miraculous Egg-eaterFavorinus mirabilis
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).
- 134 open-data records from 1988 to 2026.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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