Gaudy Rainbow Dorid
Goniobranchus tennentanus
- Water temperature23–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch and October
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) J Hinterkircher / N Yonow, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Goniobranchus tennentanus is a species of colourful sea slug in the family Chromodorididae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Goniobranchus tennentanus”, 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: 9 records
- February: 9 records
- March: 17 records
- April: 10 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 11 records
- November: 9 records
- December: 7 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C
Photos
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Gaudy Rainbow Dorid
Names in 1 more languages
- French
- Doris de Tennent
Other scientific names: Chromodoris tennentana, Chromodoris vicina, Doris tennentana, Glossodoris tennentana, Glossodoris vicina
Similar species
Coi's GoniobranchusGoniobranchus coi
Collingwood's GoniobranchusGoniobranchus collingwoodi
Daphne’s NudibranchGoniobranchus daphne
Fiesta Rainbow DoridGoniobranchus fidelis
Geometric Rainbow DoridGoniobranchus 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).
- 47 open-data records from 1859 to 2012.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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