Pink-eared Rainbow Dorid

About this species

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

Text from the Wikipedia article “Goniobranchus verrieri”, 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: 92 records
February: 47 records
March: 52 records
April: 117 records
May: 80 records
June: 39 records
July: 39 records
August: 58 records
September: 56 records
October: 67 records
November: 46 records
December: 41 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–20 m · Deepest record: 28 m

0–10 m: 29 records
10–20 m: 41 records
20–30 m: 13 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 13–30 °C

12–14 °C: 2 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 11 records
22–24 °C: 3 records
24–26 °C: 19 records
26–28 °C: 10 records
28–30 °C: 140 records

Photos

(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · 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) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jay Paroline, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Pierre Pericard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Pink-eared Rainbow Dorid

Names in 2 more languages

French: Doris de Verrier
Japanese: ミナミシラヒメウミウシ

Other scientific names: Chromodoris marginata, Chromodoris verrieri, Doris marginata, Glossodoris marginata, Glossodoris verrieri, Goniodoris verrieri

Similar species

Coi's Goniobranchus
Goniobranchus coi
Fiesta Rainbow Dorid
Goniobranchus fidelis
Geometric Rainbow Dorid
Goniobranchus geometricus
Bus Stop Nudibranch
Goniobranchus hintuanensis
Goniobranchus kuniei
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).
276 open-data records from 1963 to 2026.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.