Lemon-drop Longtail Dorid
Diversidoris flava
- Usual depth5–20 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, March, and April
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Tine Kinn Kvamme, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Diversidoris flava is a yellow species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Diversidoris flava”, 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: 26 records
- February: 17 records
- March: 19 records
- April: 20 records
- May: 17 records
- June: 13 records
- July: 16 records
- August: 13 records
- September: 10 records
- October: 19 records
- November: 18 records
- December: 9 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–20 m · Deepest record: 28 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) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Lemon-drop Longtail Dorid, Yellow Noumea
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- ヤマブキウミウシ
- Simplified Chinese
- 金黃多彩海蛞蝓（黃多變海蛞蝓）
Other scientific names: Chromodoris flava, Glossodoris flava, Noumea flava
Similar species
Tulip Longtail DoridDiversidoris crocea
Slender ceratosoma nudibranchCeratosoma gracillimum
Elongate Pantechnicon DoridCeratosoma tenue
T-bar Pantechnicon DoridCeratosoma trilobatum
Anna's ChromodorisChromodoris annae
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).
- 91 open-data records from 1979 to 2026.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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