Miraculous Egg-eater

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 22 records
February: 27 records
March: 45 records
April: 77 records
May: 42 records
June: 29 records
July: 28 records
August: 34 records
September: 21 records
October: 26 records
November: 49 records
December: 27 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–20 m · Deepest record: 61 m

0–10 m: 37 records
10–20 m: 51 records
20–30 m: 8 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C

18–20 °C: 3 records
20–22 °C: 11 records
22–24 °C: 4 records
24–26 °C: 40 records
26–28 °C: 17 records
28–30 °C: 67 records

Photos

(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jakkarin Burananit, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jakkarin Burananit, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Miraculous Egg-eater

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: ウツセミミノウミウシ
Simplified Chinese: 美麗灰翼海蛞蝓

Similar species

Black-horned Egg-eater
Favorinus tsuruganus
White-diamond Egg-eater
Favorinus japonicus
Sunrise Tentacle Aeolid
Caloria indica
Lined cratena
Cratena lineata
Australian Blue Dragon
Pteraeolidia ianthina
Military Tentacle Aeolid
Caloria militaris

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).
164 open-data records from 1972 to 2026.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.