Wounded Split-tooth Dorid
Hypselodoris carnea
- Usual depth3–14 m
- Water temperature23–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch and October
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
About this species
Hypselodoris carnea is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Hypselodoris carnea”, 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: 3 records
- February: 7 records
- March: 13 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 9 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 6 records
- August: 6 records
- September: 4 records
- October: 18 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 10 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–14 m · Deepest record: 13.7 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C
Photos
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Wounded Split-tooth Dorid
Other scientific names: Chromodoris carnea, Glossodoris carnea
Similar species
Cinderella Sea SlugHypselodoris apolegma
Bennett's HypselodorisHypselodoris bennetti
Lavender Split-tooth DoridHypselodoris bullockii
Triple-striped Split-tooth DoridHypselodoris emma
Imperial NudibranchHypselodoris imperialis
Black-spotted Split-tooth DoridHypselodoris infucata
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).
- 36 open-data records from 1971 to 2024.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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