Brown-blotched Pancake Dorid
Platydoris scabra
- Usual depth0–13 m
- Water temperature22–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch, June, and October
- How commonRare
About this species
Platydoris scabra 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 scabra”, 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: 9 records
- April: 4 records
- May: 6 records
- June: 13 records
- July: 9 records
- August: 6 records
- September: 4 records
- October: 14 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–13 m · Deepest record: 26 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Brown-blotched Pancake Dorid
Names in 2 more languages
- French
- Platydoris rugueuse
- Japanese
- カミヤスリウミウシ
Other scientific names: Doris scabra, Platydoris eurychlamys, Platydoris iredalei, Platydoris noumeae
Similar species
- Lined Pancake Dorid
Platydoris cruenta
- Freckled Pancake Dorid
Platydoris formosa
- Drab Pancake Dorid
Platydoris inornata
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).
- 134 open-data records from 1877 to 2026.
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