Hypselodoris variobranchia
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Its body is purple, and the edge of its back is clearly outlined with a thick white line.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Hypselodoris variobranchia
- Scientific name
- Hypselodoris variobranchia
- Japanese name
- カグヤヒメウミウシ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Nudibranchia
- Family
- Chromodorididae
- Genus
- Hypselodoris
Its body is purple, and the edge of its back is clearly outlined with a thick white line.
Basic data
- Range
- Western Pacific Ocean
Where the Hypselodoris variobranchia has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- カグヤヒメウミウシ
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — カグヤヒメウミウシChecked: 2026-11-04
- 鳥羽水族館 — カグヤヒメウミウシがあのカイメンを摂餌していましたChecked: 2026-11-09
- 鳥羽水族館 — ウミウシ摂餌コレクションChecked: 2026-11-09
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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