Carminodoris armata
Amazing fact
The bumps on the Manryou-umiushi sea slug narrow in the middle and end in rounded knobs.
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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
The bumps on the Manryou-umiushi sea slug narrow in the middle and end in rounded knobs.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Carminodoris armata
- Scientific name
- Carminodoris armata
- Japanese name
- マンリョウウミウシ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Nudibranchia
- Family
- Baptodorididae
- Genus
- Carminodoris
It is also listed under the scientific name Hoplodoris armata.
Its body is a see-through pale brown, and it is known for its many bumps of all sizes.
How the Carminodoris armata lives
Around the Izu and Miura peninsulas, it is found on sandy or sandy-gravel seabeds. Around Hachijojima, it is commonly seen in the cold-water season from spring to early summer. It mates in late spring. There are also reports of it laying orange egg masses.
竹野スノーケルセンターBasic data
- Size
- Body length: 10 cm or more
- Range
- Temperate Japan
Where the Carminodoris armata 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
- マンリョウウミウシ
- 简体中文
- 武装盘海牛
- 繁體中文
- 武裝盤海牛
- 한국어
- 구름갑옷갯민숭달팽이
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 — マンリョウウミウシChecked: 2026-11-04
- 竹野スノーケルセンター — マンリョウウミウシChecked: 2026-11-07
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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