Goniobranchus tritos
- Usual depth12–24 m
- Water temperature29–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch, April, and October
- How commonRare
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About this species
Goniobranchus tritos is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Goniobranchus tritos”, 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: 2 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 8 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 3 records
- October: 8 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 12–24 m · Deepest record: 24.4 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 29–29 °C
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Chromodoris tritos
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).
- 14 open-data records from 2006 to 2023.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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