Platydoris tabulata
Amazing fact
The edge of the mantle covering Platydoris tabulata’s body is thin and folded like waves.
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An illustration based on the real animal.
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Its yellowish-brown body has white and dark brown spots.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Platydoris tabulata
- Scientific name
- Platydoris tabulata
- Japanese name
- ネズミウミウシ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Nudibranchia
- Family
- Discodorididae
- Genus
- Platydoris
Basic data
- Range
- Tropical western Pacific
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Names around the world
- 日本語
- ネズミウミウシ
- 한국어
- 노랑납작갯민숭달팽이
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 — ネズミウミウシChecked: 2026-11-04
- 국립해양생물자원관 — 노랑납작갯민숭달팽이 Platydoris tabulataChecked: 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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