Elisabeth's Chromodoris

Chromodoris elisabethina

Nudibranchs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth5–36 m
Water temperature22–29 °C
Best monthsJanuary, May, and December
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Bernard Picton, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

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

Text from the Wikipedia article “Chromodoris elisabethina”, 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: 74 records
February: 51 records
March: 46 records
April: 61 records
May: 101 records
June: 51 records
July: 37 records
August: 54 records
September: 55 records
October: 46 records
November: 67 records
December: 86 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–36 m · Deepest record: 70.1 m

0–10 m: 14 records
10–20 m: 23 records
20–30 m: 7 records
30–40 m: 5 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 22–29 °C

20–22 °C: 3 records
22–24 °C: 3 records
24–26 °C: 18 records
26–28 °C: 41 records
28–30 °C: 92 records

Photos

(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Bernard Picton, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Roger Rittmaster, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Elisabeth's Chromodoris

Names in 3 more languages

French: Chromodoris d'Elisabeth
Japanese: エリザベスウミウシ
Simplified Chinese: 伊莉莎白多彩海蛞蝓, 伊莉莎白多彩海麒麟

Similar species

Anna's Chromodoris
Chromodoris annae
Chromodoris colemani
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).
303 open-data records from 1877 to 2024.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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