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Red-netted Goniobranch

Amazing fact

The red-netted Goniobranch has reddish-purple tentacles and external gills.

竹野スノーケルセンター
Red-netted Goniobranch in its habitat (illustration)

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The red-netted Goniobranch has reddish-purple tentacles and external gills.

Source竹野スノーケルセンター — サラサウミウシ

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THE REAL WORLD

The real Red-netted Goniobranch

Scientific name
Goniobranchus tinctorius
Japanese name
サラサウミウシ
Group
Ocean animals
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Nudibranchia
Family
Chromodorididae
Genus
Goniobranchus
Facts about the real animal.
01

It lives in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific.

鳥羽水族館 — サラサウミウシ
02

Its name comes from sarasa, the printed patterns seen on kimono and Indian dyed cloth.

鳥羽水族館 — サラサウミウシ
03

The red pattern on its back differs from animal to animal.

鳥羽水族館 — サラサウミウシ

How the Red-netted Goniobranch lives

It lives on marine reefs. It feeds on sponges.

Solitary Islands Underwater Research Group

Basic data

Range
The Indian and western Pacific Oceans
鳥羽水族館

Where the Red-netted Goniobranch has been recorded

World map with dots where the Red-netted Goniobranch has been recorded
Each dot marks a place with observations or specimens shared on GBIF. Some records are of animals that strayed or were brought by people, so the dots are not always where the animal lives.

Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF

Where it livesWorld oceansOcean

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Names around the world

Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.

Sources and how we check

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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