Goniobranchus kuniei

About this species

Goniobranchus kuniei is a species of a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 109 records
February: 90 records
March: 97 records
April: 146 records
May: 124 records
June: 116 records
July: 110 records
August: 133 records
September: 126 records
October: 116 records
November: 110 records
December: 132 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 9–25 m · Deepest record: 51.8 m

0–10 m: 14 records
10–20 m: 74 records
20–30 m: 26 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 2 records
50–60 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 19–30 °C

18–20 °C: 2 records
20–22 °C: 16 records
22–24 °C: 11 records
24–26 °C: 50 records
26–28 °C: 23 records
28–30 °C: 151 records

Photos

(c) Steve Childs, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Steve Childs, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) TonyT, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Names in 3 more languages

French: Doris de Kunié
Japanese: オトヒメウミウシ
Simplified Chinese: 庫尼多彩海蛞蝓, 昆氏多彩海蛞蝓

Other scientific names: Chromodoris kuniei, Glossodoris kuniei, Glossodoris ransoni

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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).
484 open-data records from 1974 to 2026.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.