Blurred Spot Rainbow Dorid

About this species

Chromodoris aspersa is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Chromodoris aspersa”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 36 records
February: 38 records
March: 45 records
April: 30 records
May: 50 records
June: 36 records
July: 22 records
August: 35 records
September: 32 records
October: 50 records
November: 32 records
December: 34 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–17 m · Deepest record: 61 m

0–10 m: 65 records
10–20 m: 31 records
20–30 m: 3 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C

18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 16 records
22–24 °C: 31 records
24–26 °C: 46 records
26–28 °C: 25 records
28–30 °C: 50 records

Photos

(c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jay Paroline, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jay Paroline, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Roger Rittmaster, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Blurred Spot Rainbow Dorid

Names in 3 more languages

French: Doris aspergée
Japanese: ゴマフリイロウミウシ, モンコウミウシ
Simplified Chinese: 粗糙多彩海牛

Other scientific names: Chromodoris inornata, Chromodoris pallescens, Doris amabilis, Doris aspersa, Doris punctulifera, Glossodoris inornata

Similar species

Anna's Chromodoris
Chromodoris annae
Chromodoris colemani
Elisabeth's Chromodoris
Chromodoris elisabethina
Pyjama Rainbow Dorid
Chromodoris lochi
Magnificent Chromodoris
Chromodoris magnifica
Striped pyjama nudibranch
Chromodoris quadricolor

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).
231 open-data records from 1970 to 2026.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.