Dermatobranchus striatus
- Usual depth5–15 m
- Water temperature25–29 °C
- Best monthsApril, May, and September
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Dermatobranchus striatus is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Dermatobranchus striatus”, 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: 1 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 6 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 5 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 7 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–15 m · Deepest record: 33.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–29 °C
Photos
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- オトメウミウシ／ホンオトメウミウシ, ホンオトメウミウシ
Other scientific names: Pleuroleura striata
Similar species
Dark-nosed PinstripeDermatobranchus albus
Lucky PinstripeDermatobranchus fortunatus
Orange-margin PinstripeDermatobranchus gonatophorus
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).
- 30 open-data records from 1824 to 2026.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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