Longhorn Pump Dorid

Goniodoridella savignyi

Nudibranchs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth4–18 m
Water temperature9–29 °C
Best monthsMarch
How commonRare

Photo credit: (c) Steve Childs, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Goniodoridella savignyi is species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Goniodoridella savignyi”, 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: 18 records
February: 15 records
March: 42 records
April: 25 records
May: 22 records
June: 15 records
July: 19 records
August: 20 records
September: 23 records
October: 18 records
November: 22 records
December: 24 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 4–18 m · Deepest record: 36.6 m

0–10 m: 11 records
10–20 m: 8 records
20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 9–29 °C

8–10 °C: 1 records
10–12 °C: 0 records
12–14 °C: 0 records
14–16 °C: 0 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 6 records
22–24 °C: 2 records
24–26 °C: 5 records
26–28 °C: 3 records
28–30 °C: 36 records

Photos

(c) mapefrli, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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(c) mapefrli, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Gregor Bailar, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Longhorn Pump Dorid

Names in 3 more languages

French: Petit doris de Savigny
Japanese: コトヒメウミウシ
Korean: 별사탕불꽃갯민숭이

Other scientific names: Goniodoris (Goniodoridella) savignyi, Goniodoris savignyi

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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).
97 open-data records from 1975 to 2020.
Species data updated October 30, 2026.

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