Homoiodoris japonica
Amazing fact
The Yamato-umiushi sea slug can withdraw its pointed tentacles into their sheaths.
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The Yamato-umiushi sea slug can withdraw its pointed tentacles into their sheaths.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Homoiodoris japonica
- Scientific name
- Homoiodoris japonica
- Japanese name
- ヤマトウミウシ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Nudibranchia
- Family
- Dorididae
- Genus
- Homoiodoris
Basic data
- Range
- Temperate Japan
Where the Homoiodoris japonica has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
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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
- 鳥羽水族館 — ヤマトウミウシChecked: 2026-11-04
- 국립해양생물자원관 — 두드럭갯민숭달팽이 Homoiodoris japonicaChecked: 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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