White-centred Rainbow Dorid
Ardeadoris angustolutea
- Usual depth6–18 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsApril, June, and August
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Jay Paroline, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Ardeadoris angustolutea is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae. It was transferred to the genus Ardeadoris on the basis of DNA evidence.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 44 records
- February: 31 records
- March: 25 records
- April: 76 records
- May: 49 records
- June: 54 records
- July: 46 records
- August: 57 records
- September: 41 records
- October: 44 records
- November: 35 records
- December: 33 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 6–18 m · Deepest record: 28 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Photos
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- White-centred Rainbow Dorid, Yellow-margin Nudibranch
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- ヘリシロイロウミウシ
- Simplified Chinese
- 狹黃多彩海蛞蝓
Other scientific names: Noumea angustolutea
Similar species
Blood Spot NudibranchArdeadoris cruenta
Slender ceratosoma nudibranchCeratosoma gracillimum
Elongate Pantechnicon DoridCeratosoma tenue
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 137 open-data records from 1982 to 2026.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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