Wellington Doris

Doris wellingtonensis

Nudibranchs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth33–261 m
Water temperature10–18 °C
Best monthsMay, September, and October
How commonRare

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Photo credit: (c) Jon Sullivan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Doris wellingtonensis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dorididae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Doris wellingtonensis”, 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: 31 records
February: 27 records
March: 30 records
April: 29 records
May: 50 records
June: 21 records
July: 24 records
August: 37 records
September: 54 records
October: 59 records
November: 43 records
December: 37 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 33–261 m · Deepest record: 308 m

0–10 m: 1 records
10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 4 records
70–80 m: 2 records
80–90 m: 3 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 14 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 10–18 °C

10–12 °C: 19 records
12–14 °C: 8 records
14–16 °C: 6 records
16–18 °C: 2 records

Photos

(c) Luca Davenport-Thomas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) John Barkla, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Christopher Stephens, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Luca Davenport-Thomas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Tony Wills, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Wellington Doris, Wellington Nudibranch

Other scientific names: Archidoris wellingtonensis, Onchidoris tuberculatus

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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).
114 open-data records from 1954 to 2022.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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