Beaded Soft Coral Eater
Phyllodesmium crypticum
- Usual depth3–15 m
- Water temperature22–30 °C
- Best monthsApril and May
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Steve Childs, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Phyllodesmium crypticum is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Phyllodesmium crypticum”, 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: 33 records
- March: 32 records
- April: 66 records
- May: 59 records
- June: 15 records
- July: 23 records
- August: 28 records
- September: 38 records
- October: 29 records
- November: 25 records
- December: 30 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–15 m · Deepest record: 21 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C
Photos
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · 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
- Beaded Soft Coral Eater
Similar species
Yellow-tipped PhyllodesmiumPhyllodesmium briareum
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).
- 165 open-data records from 1975 to 2026.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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