Kaloplocamus ramosus

Nudibranchs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth5–104 m
Water temperature16–29 °C
Best monthsOctober and November
How commonRare

Photo credit: (c) Christopher Mark, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Kaloplocamus ramosus, the tasselled nudibranch, is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, and a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Kaloplocamus ramosus”, 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: 34 records
February: 8 records
March: 9 records
April: 21 records
May: 13 records
June: 15 records
July: 19 records
August: 31 records
September: 43 records
October: 79 records
November: 54 records
December: 15 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–104 m · Deepest record: 112 m

0–10 m: 7 records
10–20 m: 3 records
20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 1 records
110–120 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 16–29 °C

14–16 °C: 5 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 21 records
20–22 °C: 8 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 4 records
26–28 °C: 0 records
28–30 °C: 3 records

Photos

(c) Luca Davenport-Thomas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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(c) Christopher Mark, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) tunicatedreamz, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ben Jobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: エダウミウシ

Other scientific names: Doris fimbriata, Doris ramosa, Euplocamus atlanticus, Euplocamus croceus, Euplocamus frondosus, Kaloplocamus atlanticus, Kaloplocamus aureus, Kaloplocamus filosus

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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).
118 open-data records from 1894 to 2026.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.

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