Bushy-gilled Sucking Dorid

Dendrodoris arborescens

Nudibranchs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth1–10 m
Water temperature13–29 °C
Best monthsJanuary and April
How commonOccasional

All species

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

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 201 records
February: 90 records
March: 120 records
April: 130 records
May: 103 records
June: 75 records
July: 68 records
August: 58 records
September: 75 records
October: 86 records
November: 79 records
December: 78 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–10 m · Deepest record: 18.3 m

0–10 m: 77 records
10–20 m: 11 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 13–29 °C

12–14 °C: 4 records
14–16 °C: 6 records
16–18 °C: 3 records
18–20 °C: 162 records
20–22 °C: 28 records
22–24 °C: 16 records
24–26 °C: 3 records
26–28 °C: 1 records
28–30 °C: 6 records

Photos

(c) mapefrli, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ben Jobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Lawrence Hylton, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Emma Sophie, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Christopher Mark, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Bushy-gilled Sucking Dorid

Names in 3 more languages

Japanese: クロシタナシウミウシ
Korean: 검둥이갯민숭이
Simplified Chinese: 樹狀枝鰓海牛

Other scientific names: Doridopsis arborescens

Similar species

Smoky Sucking Dorid
Dendrodoris fumata
Dendrodoris gunnamatta
Dendrodoris krusensternii
White-spotted Sucking Dorid
Dendrodoris nigra
Carbuncle Sucking Dorid
Dendrodoris carbunculosa
Starburst Sucking Dorid
Dendrodoris elongata
Polka-dot Sucking Dorid
Dendrodoris guttata

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.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
296 open-data records from 1969 to 2026.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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