Meringue Rainbow Dorid
Doriprismatica paladentata
- Usual depth10–18 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch, April, and May
- How commonRare
About this species
Doriprismatica paladentata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Doriprismatica paladentata”, 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: 3 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 6 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 6 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 5 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 10–18 m · Deepest record: 20 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Meringue Rainbow Dorid
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- スキノハイロウミウシ
- Simplified Chinese
- 蒼白多彩海牛
Other scientific names: Glossodoris paladentata
Similar species
Black-margined NudibranchDoriprismatica atromarginata
Starry DoriprismaticaDoriprismatica stellata
Slender ceratosoma nudibranchCeratosoma gracillimum
Elongate Pantechnicon DoridCeratosoma tenue
T-bar Pantechnicon DoridCeratosoma trilobatum
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).
- 39 open-data records from 1993 to 2025.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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