Fine-gilled Pump Dorid
Pelagella felis
- Usual depth2–15 m
- Water temperature18–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, March, and May
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 10 records
- February: 21 records
- March: 13 records
- April: 12 records
- May: 14 records
- June: 10 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 4 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–15 m · Deepest record: 28 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Fine-gilled Pump Dorid
Other scientific names: Goniodoris felis
Similar species
- Garland Pump Dorid
Pelagella joubini
- Burnt-edged Pump Dorid
Pelagella longicornis
- Atlantic ancula
Ancula gibbosa
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.
- 99 open-data records from 1991 to 2026.
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