Magic Carpet Rainbow Dorid
Goniobranchus albopunctatus
- Usual depth7–24 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsApril, June, and September
- How commonRare
About this species
Goniobranchus albopunctatus is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Goniobranchus albopunctatus”, 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: 11 records
- February: 11 records
- March: 10 records
- April: 13 records
- May: 13 records
- June: 14 records
- July: 9 records
- August: 6 records
- September: 15 records
- October: 13 records
- November: 6 records
- December: 10 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 7–24 m · Deepest record: 62.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Magic Carpet Rainbow Dorid
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- ホムライロウミウシ
- Simplified Chinese
- 白斑多彩海蛞蝓
Other scientific names: Chromodoris albopunctata, Chromodoris sykesi
Similar species
Coi's GoniobranchusGoniobranchus coi
Fiesta Rainbow DoridGoniobranchus fidelis
Geometric Rainbow DoridGoniobranchus geometricus
Bus Stop NudibranchGoniobranchus hintuanensis
Pink-eared Rainbow DoridGoniobranchus verrieri
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).
- 142 open-data records from 1976 to 2026.
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