Tulip Longtail Dorid

About this species

Diversidoris crocea is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 23 records
February: 24 records
March: 44 records
April: 70 records
May: 53 records
June: 29 records
July: 32 records
August: 25 records
September: 17 records
October: 22 records
November: 24 records
December: 22 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–24 m · Deepest record: 182 m

0–10 m: 18 records
10–20 m: 40 records
20–30 m: 19 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 5–30 °C

4–6 °C: 1 records
6–8 °C: 0 records
8–10 °C: 0 records
10–12 °C: 0 records
12–14 °C: 0 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 5 records
20–22 °C: 15 records
22–24 °C: 6 records
24–26 °C: 32 records
26–28 °C: 6 records
28–30 °C: 81 records

Photos

(c) Bernard Picton, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(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) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Tulip Longtail Dorid

Names in 3 more languages

French: Nouméa safran
Japanese: サフランイロウミウシ
Simplified Chinese: 黃色多彩海牛

Other scientific names: Noumea crocea

Similar species

Lemon-drop Longtail Dorid
Diversidoris flava
Slender ceratosoma nudibranch
Ceratosoma gracillimum
Elongate Pantechnicon Dorid
Ceratosoma tenue
T-bar Pantechnicon Dorid
Ceratosoma trilobatum
Anna's Chromodoris
Chromodoris annae
Chromodoris colemani

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).
171 open-data records from 1974 to 2026.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.