Rusted Veil-flame
Madrella ferruginosa
- Usual depth5–18 m
- Water temperature16–29 °C
- Best monthsJanuary and October
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) mapefrli, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 54 records
- February: 43 records
- March: 31 records
- April: 31 records
- May: 37 records
- June: 26 records
- July: 32 records
- August: 33 records
- September: 43 records
- October: 84 records
- November: 43 records
- December: 49 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–18 m · Deepest record: 28 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 16–29 °C
Photos
(c) Christopher Mark, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Christopher Mark, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) Srichakra Pranav Tamarapalli, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) mapefrli, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Srichakra Pranav Tamarapalli, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Rusted Veil-flame
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- ショウジョウウミウシ
Similar species
Blood Red MadrellaMadrella sanguinea
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).
- 122 open-data records from 1864 to 2026.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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