Jason mirabilis
- Usual depth6–16 m
- Water temperature16–18 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, November, and December
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Luca Davenport-Thomas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Jason mirabilis is a species of sea slug, or more precisely an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Jason mirabilis”, 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: 25 records
- February: 18 records
- March: 10 records
- April: 8 records
- May: 7 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 5 records
- October: 22 records
- November: 24 records
- December: 23 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 6–16 m · Deepest record: 18 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 16–18 °C
Photos
(c) Luca Davenport-Thomas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) apteryx54, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) M Rutherford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) apteryx54, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Similar species
Ornate facelinidAustraeolis ornata
Sunrise Tentacle AeolidCaloria indica
Lined cratenaCratena lineata
Black-horned Egg-eaterFavorinus tsuruganus
Australian Blue DragonPteraeolidia ianthina
Blue dragonPteraeolidia semperi
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).
- 14 open-data records from 1989 to 2012.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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