Pancake Lobe-margin Dorid
Miamira miamirana
- Usual depth6–20 m
- Water temperature22–30 °C
- Best monthsMarch and May
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) prilfish, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Miamira miamirana is a species of colorful dorid nudibranch, a sea slug, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Miamira miamirana”, 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: 8 records
- February: 20 records
- March: 33 records
- April: 20 records
- May: 37 records
- June: 16 records
- July: 19 records
- August: 17 records
- September: 11 records
- October: 21 records
- November: 20 records
- December: 22 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 6–20 m · Deepest record: 28 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C
Photos
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Pancake Lobe-margin Dorid
Names in 2 more languages
- French
- Miamirana
- Japanese
- スソヒダウミウシ
Other scientific names: Ceratosoma miamiranum, Fracassa tuberculosa, Orodoris miamirana
Similar species
- Yellow Dragon Lobe-margin Dorid
Miamira moloch
- Jolly Green Giant
Miamira sinuata
Slender ceratosoma nudibranchCeratosoma gracillimum
Elongate Pantechnicon DoridCeratosoma tenue
T-bar Pantechnicon DoridCeratosoma trilobatum
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).
- 109 open-data records from 1986 to 2026.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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