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Sea Creature 200: Erythra-spotted sea hare snail

Self-use name: Erythematous sea hare snail

Chinese names: Tianlu sea hare snail, large-spotted sea hare snail, spotted nose snail

English name: No information is available

Scientific name: Diminovula stigma (Cate, 1978)

Other: Lives on soft corals commonly known as red cockscombs. It is distributed in the waters south of Fujian, China, Japan, the Philippines, Australia... It is found in the intertidal low tide zone to the seafloor at depths of 30 m. The color of the mantle membrane of this animal often varies with the host. If the host is a Japanese spiny chicken head, its mantle film is from pink to dark red; if the host is a large spiny chicken head, its mantle membrane is orange or milky white, and the name of the Tianlu sea hare snail is referenced to page 226 of the Complete Atlas of Seawater Fish and Sea Creatures (Japanese Taiwan Translation)"; the erythropod snail is its own name; the spotted nose snail and the large point sea hare snail are from Baidu Encyclopedia, and the Baidu encyclopedia name Pseudosimnia punctata, which has been abandoned.

Shooting date: September 11, 2021

Filming location: Zhuhai Hongnizhou

Photographer: Qiu Dongping

Sea Creature 200: Erythra-spotted sea hare snail

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