Lemon Lolly Doris

About this species

Doris chrysoderma is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dorididae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Doris chrysoderma”, 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: 69 records
February: 74 records
March: 71 records
April: 59 records
May: 61 records
June: 37 records
July: 25 records
August: 25 records
September: 42 records
October: 53 records
November: 92 records
December: 71 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–30 m · Deepest record: 30 m

0–10 m: 5 records
10–20 m: 4 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 15–23 °C

14–16 °C: 23 records
16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 8 records
20–22 °C: 24 records
22–24 °C: 5 records

Photos

(c) Rosie Steinberg, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Rosie Steinberg, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Eldon E Ball, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bryce Watts-Parker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Lemon Lolly Doris, Lemon Lolly Nudibranch, Marigold Dorid

Other scientific names: Neodoris chrysoderma

Similar species

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).
116 open-data records from 1956 to 2026.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.