Goniobranchus sinensis

Nudibranchs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth3–20 m
Water temperature18–29 °C
Best monthsApril, May, and June
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) João D'Andretta, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Goniobranchus sinensis is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Goniobranchus sinensis”, 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: 17 records
February: 30 records
March: 36 records
April: 104 records
May: 146 records
June: 102 records
July: 86 records
August: 70 records
September: 84 records
October: 61 records
November: 18 records
December: 19 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 3–20 m · Deepest record: 54.9 m

0–10 m: 65 records
10–20 m: 46 records
20–30 m: 11 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 18–29 °C

16–18 °C: 2 records
18–20 °C: 31 records
20–22 °C: 45 records
22–24 °C: 8 records
24–26 °C: 53 records
26–28 °C: 4 records
28–30 °C: 11 records

Photos

Names and classification

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: シラヒメウミウシ
Simplified Chinese: 中國多彩海蛞蝓, 中華角鰓海蛞蝓

Other scientific names: Chromodoris sinensis

Similar species

Coi's Goniobranchus
Goniobranchus coi
Collingwood's Goniobranchus
Goniobranchus collingwoodi
Daphne’s Nudibranch
Goniobranchus daphne
Goniobranchus epicurius
Fiesta Rainbow Dorid
Goniobranchus fidelis
Geometric Rainbow Dorid
Goniobranchus geometricus

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).
174 open-data records from 1983 to 2026.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.

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