Filigreed Lightbulb Dorid
Plocamopherus ceylonicus
- Usual depth3–17 m
- Water temperature19–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch, April, and December
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Shaunak Modi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Plocamopherus ceylonicus is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Plocamopherus ceylonicus”, 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: 28 records
- February: 36 records
- March: 47 records
- April: 49 records
- May: 29 records
- June: 31 records
- July: 32 records
- August: 32 records
- September: 32 records
- October: 22 records
- November: 34 records
- December: 39 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–17 m · Deepest record: 23 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 19–29 °C
Photos
(c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(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) Srichakra Pranav Tamarapalli, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Shaunak Modi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Filigreed Lightbulb Dorid, Hairy leopard nudibranch
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- ニンジンヒカリウミウシ
- Simplified Chinese
- 錫蘭卷髮海蛞蝓
Other scientific names: Polycera ceylanica
Similar species
Chamberlain's NembrothaNembrotha chamberlaini
Crested NembrothaNembrotha cristata
Trance Wrinkle DoridNembrotha kubaryana
Ivory Wrinkle DoridNembrotha lineolata
Shadowy Wrinkle DoridNembrotha milleri
Graceful Wrinkle DoridRoboastra gracilis
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).
- 223 open-data records from 1970 to 2026.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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