Doriopsilla aurea
- Usual depth5 m
- Water temperature17–29 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, March, and October
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Christopher Mark, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Doriopsilla aurea is a species of dorid nudibranch, a colourful sea slug, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendrodorididae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Doriopsilla aurea”, 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: 4 records
- February: 6 records
- March: 9 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 7 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5 m · Deepest record: 5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 17–29 °C
Photos
(c) Christopher Mark, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Dendrodoris aurea, Doris aurea
Similar species
Fleshy DoriopsillaDoriopsilla carneola
scribbled nudibranchDoriopsilla miniata
Bushy-gilled Sucking DoridDendrodoris arborescens
Smoky Sucking DoridDendrodoris fumata
Dendrodoris gunnamattaDendrodoris krusensternii
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).
- 14 open-data records from 1988 to 2025.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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