Chromodoris colemani

About this species

Chromodoris colemani is a species of sea slug in the family Chromodorididae. It is named after Neville Coleman, an Australian diver and publisher of several popular books on diving and marine biology of the South Pacific area.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 43 records
February: 80 records
March: 83 records
April: 91 records
May: 67 records
June: 36 records
July: 46 records
August: 25 records
September: 39 records
October: 32 records
November: 48 records
December: 42 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 6–18 m · Deepest record: 61 m

0–10 m: 47 records
10–20 m: 109 records
20–30 m: 15 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C

20–22 °C: 26 records
22–24 °C: 35 records
24–26 °C: 85 records
26–28 °C: 22 records
28–30 °C: 104 records

Photos

(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Jay Paroline, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) mapefrli, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jay Paroline, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Names in 3 more languages

French: Doris de Coleman
Japanese: コールマンウミウシ
Simplified Chinese: 科立曼多彩海牛, 科立曼多彩海蛞蝓

Similar species

Anna's Chromodoris
Chromodoris annae
Elisabeth's Chromodoris
Chromodoris elisabethina
Pyjama Rainbow Dorid
Chromodoris lochi
Magnificent Chromodoris
Chromodoris magnifica
Striped pyjama nudibranch
Chromodoris quadricolor
Broken-line Rainbow Dorid
Chromodoris strigata

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).
343 open-data records from 1950 to 2026.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.