Broken-line Rainbow Dorid
Chromodoris strigata
- Usual depth9–23 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsMarch, April, and May
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Dan Schofield · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Chromodoris strigata, commonly known as the streaked chromodoris, is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Chromodoris strigata”, 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: 51 records
- February: 68 records
- March: 73 records
- April: 108 records
- May: 77 records
- June: 44 records
- July: 33 records
- August: 52 records
- September: 47 records
- October: 59 records
- November: 56 records
- December: 59 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 9–23 m · Deepest record: 35 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Photos
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jay Paroline, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · 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 
(c) Wiljam Eklund, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Broken-line Rainbow Dorid, Streaked Chromodoris, Strigate Chromodoris
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Doris ombre nacrée
- Japanese
- シボリイロウミウシ
- Simplified Chinese
- 條紋多彩海蛞蝓
Similar species
Anna's ChromodorisChromodoris annae
Elisabeth's ChromodorisChromodoris elisabethina
Pyjama Rainbow DoridChromodoris lochi
Magnificent ChromodorisChromodoris magnifica
Striped White Sea SlugChromodoris willani
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).
- 294 open-data records from 1973 to 2026.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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