White Mantle Glossodoris
Glossodoris buko
- Usual depth5–20 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsApril, May, and August
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Glossodoris buko 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 buko”, 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: 18 records
- February: 34 records
- March: 36 records
- April: 56 records
- May: 51 records
- June: 30 records
- July: 26 records
- August: 39 records
- September: 30 records
- October: 22 records
- November: 26 records
- December: 25 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–20 m · Deepest record: 28 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Photos
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Jay Paroline, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Bernard Picton, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- White Mantle Glossodoris
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Glossodoris immaculée
- Japanese
- シロタエイロウミウシ
- Simplified Chinese
- 布科多彩海牛
Similar species
Caramel NudibranchGlossodoris rufomarginata
White-patched Rainbow DoridGlossodoris pallida
- Girdled Glossodoris
Glossodoris cincta
- Pastel Rainbow Dorid
Glossodoris hikuerensis
Slender ceratosoma nudibranchCeratosoma gracillimum
Elongate Pantechnicon DoridCeratosoma tenue
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).
- 119 open-data records from 1992 to 2026.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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