Mottled Spanish Dancer

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 146 records
February: 87 records
March: 121 records
April: 160 records
May: 140 records
June: 109 records
July: 111 records
August: 114 records
September: 114 records
October: 131 records
November: 120 records
December: 120 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 3–20 m · Deepest record: 28 m

0–10 m: 85 records
10–20 m: 82 records
20–30 m: 22 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C

18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 51 records
22–24 °C: 42 records
24–26 °C: 53 records
26–28 °C: 11 records
28–30 °C: 32 records

Photos

(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) vrxz, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Mottled Spanish Dancer, Decumbent Spanish Dancer, Torn Spanish Dancer

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: ミカドウミウシ
Simplified Chinese: 血紅六鰓海蛞蝓

Other scientific names: Aethedoris indica, Doris flammulatus, Doris gloriosa, Doris lacera, Doris marginata, Doris marginatus, Doris sumptuosa, Doris superba, Heptabranchus burnettii, Hexabranchus adamsii, Hexabranchus anaiteus, Hexabranchus faustus, Hexabranchus gloriosus, Hexabranchus laciniatus, Hexabranchus marginatus, Hexabranchus orbicularis, Hexabranchus punctatus, Hexabranchus sumptuosa, Hexabranchus superba

Similar species

Bloody Spanish Dancer
Hexabranchus sanguineus

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).
235 open-data records from 1878 to 2026.
Species data updated October 30, 2026.