Elysia lobata

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth2–11 m
Water temperature20–26 °C
Best monthsMay
How commonRare

Photo credit: (c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Elysia lobata is a species of sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Plakobranchidae. This sea slug resembles a nudibranch, but it is not closely related to that order of gastropods, instead it is a sacoglossan.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Elysia lobata”, 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: 9 records
February: 7 records
March: 8 records
April: 10 records
May: 18 records
June: 0 records
July: 3 records
August: 1 records
September: 1 records
October: 3 records
November: 3 records
December: 1 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–11 m · Deepest record: 15 m

0–10 m: 36 records
10–20 m: 8 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–26 °C

20–22 °C: 13 records
22–24 °C: 14 records
24–26 °C: 19 records
26–28 °C: 1 records

Photos

Names and classification

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: トカラミドリガイ

Similar species

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).
49 open-data records from 1986 to 2026.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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