Striped pyjama nudibranch
Chromodoris quadricolor
- Usual depth3–49 m
- Water temperature25–30 °C
- Best monthsJune, October, and November
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Georgina Jones · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
About this species
Chromodoris quadricolor is a species of very colourful sea slug also known as pyjama slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc. The specific epithet quadricolor means four-coloured, so-named because this nudibranch is yellow, white, blue and black in color.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Chromodoris quadricolor”, 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: 32 records
- February: 34 records
- March: 37 records
- April: 40 records
- May: 50 records
- June: 70 records
- July: 55 records
- August: 54 records
- September: 54 records
- October: 66 records
- November: 96 records
- December: 36 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–49 m · Deepest record: 54.9 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C
Photos
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Georgina Jones · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Nils, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) Nils, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Alicia Christman, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Melissa Meadows, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Striped pyjama nudibranch, Pyjama Slug, striped pyjama nudibranch
Names in 4 more languages
- German
- Gestreifte Pyjamaschnecke, Pyjama-Sternschnecke
- French
- Doris-pyjama
- Japanese
- キベリクロスジウミウシ
- Korean
- 청줄무늬갯민숭달팽이
Other scientific names: Doris quadricolor, Glossodoris quadricolor
Similar species
Anna's ChromodorisChromodoris annae
Elisabeth's ChromodorisChromodoris elisabethina
Pyjama Rainbow DoridChromodoris lochi
Magnificent ChromodorisChromodoris magnifica
Broken-line Rainbow DoridChromodoris 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).
- 190 open-data records from 1830 to 2024.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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