Diana's Chromodoris

Chromodoris dianae

Nudibranchs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth10–26 m
Water temperature22–30 °C
Best monthsMarch, April, and December
How commonRare

Photo credit: (c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Georgina Jones · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

About this species

Chromodoris dianae is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Chromodoris dianae”, 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: 34 records
February: 44 records
March: 54 records
April: 76 records
May: 33 records
June: 24 records
July: 13 records
August: 28 records
September: 26 records
October: 48 records
November: 43 records
December: 54 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 10–26 m · Deepest record: 40 m

10–20 m: 21 records
20–30 m: 6 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C

20–22 °C: 2 records
22–24 °C: 2 records
24–26 °C: 1 records
26–28 °C: 8 records
28–30 °C: 234 records

Photos

(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Bernard Picton, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Bart, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Diana's Chromodoris

Names in 3 more languages

French: Doris de Diane
Japanese: ダイアナウミウシ
Simplified Chinese: 黛安娜多彩海蛞蝓

Similar species

Anna's Chromodoris
Chromodoris annae
Chromodoris colemani
Elisabeth's Chromodoris
Chromodoris elisabethina
Pyjama Rainbow Dorid
Chromodoris lochi
Magnificent Chromodoris
Chromodoris magnifica
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).
393 open-data records from 1984 to 2026.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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