Meringue sea slug
Amazing fact
The meringue sea slug has deep waves along the edge of its mantle, the covering over its body.
沖縄美ら海水族館
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The meringue sea slug has deep waves along the edge of its mantle, the covering over its body.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Meringue sea slug
- Scientific name
- Ardeadoris egretta
- Japanese name
- メレンゲウミウシ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Nudibranchia
- Family
- Chromodorididae
- Genus
- Ardeadoris
It lives in the western Pacific, and its name comes from its body, which is white like meringue.
How the Meringue sea slug lives
During the day it moves actively around coral reefs with good water flow.
沖縄美ら海水族館Basic data
- Size
- Body length: 10 cm or more
- Range
- Western Pacific
Where the Meringue sea slug 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
- メレンゲウミウシ
- 简体中文
- 白羽多彩海牛
- 繁體中文
- 白羽多彩海牛
- Español
- Babosa de mar garceta
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 — メレンゲウミウシChecked: 2026-11-04
- 沖縄美ら海水族館 — メレンゲウミウシ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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