White Gobble Dorid

Gymnodoris alba

Nudibranchs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth1–20 m
Water temperature16–30 °C
Best monthsMarch, April, and May
How commonRare

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 16 records
February: 9 records
March: 30 records
April: 23 records
May: 26 records
June: 14 records
July: 12 records
August: 7 records
September: 17 records
October: 20 records
November: 16 records
December: 17 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–20 m · Deepest record: 105 m

0–10 m: 53 records
10–20 m: 26 records
20–30 m: 10 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 16–30 °C

14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 5 records
18–20 °C: 69 records
20–22 °C: 54 records
22–24 °C: 14 records
24–26 °C: 7 records
26–28 °C: 7 records
28–30 °C: 35 records

Names and classification

English: White Gobble Dorid

Names in 3 more languages

Japanese: アカボシウミウシ
Korean: 흰비단결갯민숭이
Simplified Chinese: 白色多彩海麒麟, 白色多角海牛

Other scientific names: Trevelyana alba

Similar species

Toadstool Gobble Dorid
Gymnodoris aurita
Gymnodoris brunnea
Polka-dot Gobble Dorid
Gymnodoris ceylonica
Hannibal Gobble Dorid
Gymnodoris citrina
Gymnodoris feyae
Orange-bobble Gobble Dorid
Gymnodoris impudica

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.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
220 open-data records from 1978 to 2026.

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