Field notes
Encounter profile
Identified using iNaturalist.
Caloria indica - Caloria - A marine genus.
Species profile
Indian Caloria
Caloria indica
Identified using iNaturalist.
9
Media items
Photos and videos
8
Dives
Distinct encounters
4
Locations
1 trip
Photographic identification review
4/9 exact media auditedShared reviewed hypothesis
Caloria indica
Probable assessment across 4 exact media items. The archive is currently filed as Caloria indica; a reviewed hypothesis is evidence, not a silent relabelling.
Archive ecology
Conditions where we found it
SNAP observations, not the species’ full biological range.
- Depth evidence
- 0.0–16.3m
- Median 3.5m · n=4
- Water temperature
- 23.0–27.0°C
- Median 25.0°C · n=9
Depth basis: 0 recorded, 4 profile-estimated, 5 contextual.
An early signal
9 environment-linked observations are available so far. More encounters will show whether a repeatable pattern emerges.
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Repeatable archive pattern · 9 observations / 8 dives
Observed depth distributionmiddle 50%: 2.3–7.1m
Calendar-quarter observations
Apr–Jun2
Jul–Sep7
Camera-clock comparison
Morning · 1Night · 7
- • These distributions describe photographs in SNAP, not a species’ complete biological range.
- • Depth distributions use recorded or capture-time profile estimates; dive-average and maximum context is excluded.
- • Time-of-day groups use the camera clock and are not corrected for sunrise, sunset, or timezone.
Creature trail
A life through time and place
#8 · Sep 21, 2026
Lalosi
Raja Ampat · Asia 2026
13.1m · Dive-average context27.0°C
#7 · Sep 20, 2026
Friwen Wall
Raja Ampat · Asia 2026
16.3m · Estimated at capture time27.0°C
#6 · Sep 15, 2026
Air Manis
Ambon · Asia 2026
4.1m · Estimated at capture time23.0°C
#5 · Jul 16, 2026
Lawadi West
Tawali, PNG · Asia 2026
0.0m · Estimated at capture time25.0°C
Species field guide
Notes, taxonomy, identification & seasonality
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Identification audit
Audit history for photographed encounters
4 assessments across 4 exact media items. Each records who reviewed the image, when, what they concluded, and why. These assessments remain separate from iNaturalist computer vision and from the current canonical Gallery label.
ProbableLatest audit record
Conclusion: Caloria indica
Reviewed by Codex identification research on Aug 27, 2026 · 97% reviewer confidence.
Reasoning recorded at review
- Translucent-white elongate body with paired orange anterior markings
- Long white oral tentacles visible from the lateral view
- Pale smooth rhinophores with orange pigment
- Repeated fusiform cerata show orange-brown digestive-gland fields, dark subapical marks, blue bands and opaque-white tips along the full animal
Alternatives considered
- Other tropical facelinid aeolid
Why plausible: White-bodied facelinids can converge on banded cerata
Comparison: Radula, reproductive anatomy and DNA would provide confirmation
Evidence limits & sources +−
- • No specimen-level internal or molecular evidence
ProbableLatest audit record
Conclusion: Caloria indica
Reviewed by Codex identification research on Aug 27, 2026 · 97% reviewer confidence.
Reasoning recorded at review
- Translucent-white body with paired orange longitudinal head markings
- Long smooth white oral tentacles
- Smooth pale rhinophores with orange basal and medial pigment
- Numerous in-focus fusiform cerata repeat orange-brown, dark, blue and opaque-white fields across both sides
Alternatives considered
- Other tropical facelinid aeolid
Why plausible: White-bodied facelinids can converge on banded cerata
Comparison: Radula, reproductive anatomy and DNA would provide confirmation
Evidence limits & sources +−
- • No specimen-level internal or molecular evidence
ProbableLatest audit record
Conclusion: Caloria indica
Reviewed by Codex identification research on Aug 27, 2026 · 95% reviewer confidence.
Reasoning recorded at review
- Translucent-white body with paired orange longitudinal head markings
- Very long smooth white oral tentacles
- Both pale smooth rhinophores show orange basal-to-medial pigment
- Multiple ceratal rows repeat the orange-brown digestive-gland field, dark subapical mark, blue band and opaque-white tip combination
Alternatives considered
- Other tropical facelinid aeolid
Why plausible: White-bodied facelinids can converge on banded cerata
Comparison: Radula, reproductive anatomy and DNA would provide confirmation
Evidence limits & sources +−
- • No specimen-level internal or molecular evidence
ProbableLatest audit record
Conclusion: Caloria indica
Reviewed by Codex identification research on Aug 27, 2026 · 90% reviewer confidence.
Reasoning recorded at review
- Translucent-white body with paired orange anterior markings
- Long white oral tentacles
- Repeated fusiform cerata with orange-brown digestive-gland fields, dark subapical marks, blue bands and opaque-white tips
- Overall head-and-cerata combination agrees with the source diagnosis, although the rhinophores are partly obscured by angle
Alternatives considered
- Other tropical facelinid aeolid
Why plausible: White-bodied facelinids can converge on banded cerata
Comparison: Radula, reproductive anatomy and DNA would provide confirmation
Evidence limits & sources +−
- • Rhinophore banding is not fully resolved in this angle
- • No specimen-level internal or molecular evidence
Archive
All media records
9 media items
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