Carminodoris nodulosa

About this species

Carminodoris nodulosa is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 140 records
February: 92 records
March: 127 records
April: 74 records
May: 41 records
June: 26 records
July: 36 records
August: 40 records
September: 57 records
October: 102 records
November: 88 records
December: 65 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–19 m · Deepest record: 26.7 m

0–10 m: 7 records
10–20 m: 2 records
20–30 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–29 °C

12–14 °C: 1 records
14–16 °C: 39 records
16–18 °C: 6 records
18–20 °C: 7 records
20–22 °C: 46 records
22–24 °C: 17 records
24–26 °C: 1 records
26–28 °C: 0 records
28–30 °C: 5 records

Photos

(c) Christopher Mark, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Christopher Mark, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) apteryx54, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Luca Davenport-Thomas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) apteryx54, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Lawrence Hylton, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Names in 1 more languages

Thai: ทากเปลือยสีนวล

Other scientific names: Doris nodulosa, Homoiodoris novaezelandiae, Hoplodoris nodulosa, Hoplodoris novaezelandiae

Similar species

Small Bubble Dorid
Carminodoris bifurcata
Carminodoris estrelyado
Carminodoris grandiflora
Carminodoris flammea
Bohol Discodoris
Discodoris boholiensis
Batangas Halgerda
Halgerda batangas

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).
217 open-data records from 1879 to 2021.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.