Magnificent Chromodoris

About this species

Chromodoris magnifica, also known as the magnificent sea slug, is a sea slug, a species of nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae. It is the type species of the genus Chromodoris.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 128 records
February: 106 records
March: 132 records
April: 191 records
May: 165 records
June: 115 records
July: 103 records
August: 167 records
September: 135 records
October: 143 records
November: 101 records
December: 122 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–23 m · Deepest record: 86.9 m

0–10 m: 32 records
10–20 m: 39 records
20–30 m: 11 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 21–30 °C

20–22 °C: 2 records
22–24 °C: 3 records
24–26 °C: 31 records
26–28 °C: 47 records
28–30 °C: 221 records

Photos

(c) Bernard Picton, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), 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) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Magnificent Chromodoris

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: シライトウミウシ
Simplified Chinese: 華麗多彩海牛, 華麗多彩海蛞蝓

Other scientific names: Doris magnifica

Similar species

Anna's Chromodoris
Chromodoris annae
Chromodoris colemani
Elisabeth's Chromodoris
Chromodoris elisabethina
Pyjama Rainbow Dorid
Chromodoris lochi
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).
684 open-data records from 1973 to 2026.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.