Petalifera punctulata
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The Umi-namekuji sea hare sometimes has tiny white bumps on its back.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Petalifera punctulata
- Scientific name
- Petalifera punctulata
- Japanese name
- ウミナメクジ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Anaspidea
- Family
- Notarchidae
- Genus
- Petalifera
How the Petalifera punctulata lives
It scrapes algae from the surface of seagrass leaves to eat. In the waters around Dongsha Island, its breeding season comes at the end of summer. After mating, it lays eggs on seagrass leaves. The larvae hatch with shells and live drifting in the sea.
內政部國家公園署Basic data
- Range
- Honshu
Where the Petalifera punctulata 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
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 — ウミナメクジChecked: 2026-11-04
- 內政部國家公園署 — 東沙海草床的隱形忍者－斑葉海兔的擬態神功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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