Aquafresh Rainbow Dorid

Chromodoris hamiltoni

Nudibranchs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth5–21 m
Water temperature23–28 °C
Best monthsMarch, July, and October
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 hamiltoni is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Chromodoris hamiltoni”, 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: 16 records
February: 8 records
March: 20 records
April: 13 records
May: 14 records
June: 5 records
July: 25 records
August: 18 records
September: 15 records
October: 25 records
November: 16 records
December: 19 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–21 m · Deepest record: 54.9 m

0–10 m: 6 records
10–20 m: 5 records
20–30 m: 2 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–28 °C

22–24 °C: 1 records
24–26 °C: 19 records
26–28 °C: 15 records
28–30 °C: 4 records

Photos

(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Jessica, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Aquafresh Rainbow Dorid, Hamilton's Chromodoris

Similar species

Anna's Chromodoris
Chromodoris annae
Chromodoris colemani
Elisabeth's Chromodoris
Chromodoris elisabethina
Pyjama Rainbow Dorid
Chromodoris lochi
Magnificent Chromodoris
Chromodoris magnifica
Oriental Sea Slug
Chromodoris orientalis

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).
121 open-data records from 1971 to 2018.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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