Author: Bleeker, 1853
Remark: More genetic evidence is needed to consider <i>Ditrema temminckii pacificum</i> Katafuchi & Nakabo, 2007 a separate species.  Morphological details are given in the original description (Ref. 76763), and some genetic evidence in a wider study (Ref. 123766).
Comments: Adults occur in sandy bottoms and rocky areas (Ref. 76763); also in areas with <i>Sargassum</i> (Ref. 559).  Viviparous, female carries the developing young (Ref. 205).