Drab Pancake Dorid
Platydoris inornata
- Usual depth5–20 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsMay, June, and September
- How commonRare
About this species
Platydoris inornata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Platydoris inornata”, 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: 0 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 4 records
- May: 7 records
- June: 9 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 5 records
- September: 8 records
- October: 5 records
- November: 5 records
- December: 4 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–20 m · Deepest record: 30 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Drab Pancake Dorid
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- マダラクモガタウミウシ
Similar species
Lined Pancake DoridPlatydoris cruenta
Freckled Pancake DoridPlatydoris formosa
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).
- 33 open-data records from 1987 to 2025.
- Species data updated October 30, 2026.
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