Dendrodoris gunnamatta

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

Loading the map

Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 208 records
February: 162 records
March: 186 records
April: 219 records
May: 208 records
June: 195 records
July: 215 records
August: 219 records
September: 266 records
October: 247 records
November: 234 records
December: 190 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–20 m · Deepest record: 73.2 m

0–10 m: 110 records
10–20 m: 64 records
20–30 m: 20 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 15–29 °C

14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 18 records
18–20 °C: 27 records
20–22 °C: 54 records
22–24 °C: 9 records
24–26 °C: 28 records
26–28 °C: 7 records
28–30 °C: 29 records

Photos

(c) Luca Davenport-Thomas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Shaun Lee, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jacqui Geux, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Luca Davenport-Thomas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Sébastien Jungo, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Dendrodoris gunnamatta, Gem Doris

Names in 5 more languages

French: Doris de Denison
Japanese: ミヤコウミウシ
Korean: 여왕갯민숭달팽이
Thai: ทากเปลือยปุ่มใส
Simplified Chinese: 庫氏枝鰓海蛞蝓, 眼點枝鰓海麒麟

Other scientific names: Actinodoris krusensternii, Dendrodoris clavulata, Dendrodoris denisoni, Dendrodoris gemmacea, Dendrodoris gunnamatta, Doridopsis clavulata, Doridopsis gemmacea, Doris denisoni

Similar species

Bushy-gilled Sucking Dorid
Dendrodoris arborescens
Smoky Sucking Dorid
Dendrodoris fumata
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).
553 open-data records from 1873 to 2026.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.