Glossodoris angasi

Nudibranchs

Usual depth15 m
Water temperature18–23 °C
Best monthsJanuary, November, and December
How commonRare

Photo credit: (c) Eldon E Ball, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Glossodoris angasi is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Glossodoris angasi”, 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: 88 records
February: 37 records
March: 44 records
April: 15 records
May: 11 records
June: 12 records
July: 11 records
August: 10 records
September: 24 records
October: 50 records
November: 79 records
December: 69 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 15 m · Deepest record: 15 m

10–20 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 18–23 °C

18–20 °C: 7 records
20–22 °C: 20 records
22–24 °C: 10 records

Photos

Names and classification

Similar species

Caramel Nudibranch
Glossodoris rufomarginata
Glossodoris acosti
White Mantle Glossodoris
Glossodoris buko
Pastel Rainbow Dorid
Glossodoris hikuerensis
White-patched Rainbow Dorid
Glossodoris pallida
Girdled Glossodoris
Glossodoris cincta

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.
37 open-data records from 1977 to 2022.

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