Spotted Foot Nudibranch

About this species

Tayuva lilacina is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae. A number of species descriptions are considered to be synonyms.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 65 records
February: 61 records
March: 66 records
April: 64 records
May: 74 records
June: 38 records
July: 54 records
August: 32 records
September: 68 records
October: 71 records
November: 46 records
December: 50 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–16 m · Deepest record: 59 m

0–10 m: 71 records
10–20 m: 35 records
20–30 m: 6 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 13–30 °C

12–14 °C: 1 records
14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 13 records
20–22 °C: 54 records
22–24 °C: 19 records
24–26 °C: 29 records
26–28 °C: 16 records
28–30 °C: 55 records

Photos

(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Alberto Alcalá, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ben Jobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Borja Fierro-Leva, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Elkin Meriño Florez, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Spotted Foot Nudibranch

Names in 4 more languages

Spanish: Nudibranbquio manchado
French: Tayuva lilas
Japanese: シミツキウミウシ, ツヅレウミウシ
Korean: 얼룩이갯민숭달팽이

Other scientific names: Chromodoris lilacina, Discodoris ketos, Discodoris lilacina, Discodoris palma, Doris lilacina, Peltodoris crucis, Tayuva ketos

Similar species

Carminodoris nodulosa
Bohol Discodoris
Discodoris boholiensis
Batangas Halgerda
Halgerda batangas
Willey’s Nudibranch
Halgerda willeyi
Ringed Velvet Dorid
Jorunna funebris
Starback Tentacled Dorid
Asteronotus cespitosus

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).
319 open-data records from 1924 to 2026.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.