Bus Stop Nudibranch

About this species

Goniobranchus hintuanensis is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Goniobranchus hintuanensis”, 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: 97 records
February: 58 records
March: 74 records
April: 109 records
May: 97 records
June: 45 records
July: 67 records
August: 103 records
September: 88 records
October: 77 records
November: 110 records
December: 82 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–20 m · Deepest record: 114 m

0–10 m: 28 records
10–20 m: 47 records
20–30 m: 10 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110–120 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C

18–20 °C: 2 records
20–22 °C: 10 records
22–24 °C: 2 records
24–26 °C: 27 records
26–28 °C: 13 records
28–30 °C: 140 records

Photos

(c) Steve Childs, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bernie Wong, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Bus Stop Nudibranch

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: ユウグレイロウミウシ
Simplified Chinese: 小站多彩海牛

Other scientific names: Chromodoris hintuanensis

Similar species

Coi's Goniobranchus
Goniobranchus coi
Fiesta Rainbow Dorid
Goniobranchus fidelis
Geometric Rainbow Dorid
Goniobranchus geometricus
Goniobranchus kuniei
Pink-eared Rainbow Dorid
Goniobranchus verrieri
Collingwood's Goniobranchus
Goniobranchus collingwoodi

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).
330 open-data records from 1990 to 2026.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.