Mariaglaja alexisi
- Usual depth2–15 m
- Water temperature27–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch, April, and May
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–15 m · Deepest record: 15.2 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 27–29 °C
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Chelidonura alexisi
Similar species
- Headlight Swallowtail
Mariaglaja inornata
Variable SwallowtailMariaglaja tsurugensis
Lovely Headshield SlugChelidonura amoena
T-bar SwallowtailChelidonura hirundinina
Beautiful SwallowtailPhilinopsis speciosa
Speckled Swallow-tailed Sea SlugBiuve fulvipunctata
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).
- 8 open-data records from 2009 to 2026.
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