Black-spotted Split-tooth Dorid

About this species

Hypselodoris infucata is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Hypselodoris infucata”, 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: 84 records
February: 113 records
March: 133 records
April: 135 records
May: 138 records
June: 113 records
July: 107 records
August: 114 records
September: 123 records
October: 115 records
November: 118 records
December: 91 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 4–17 m · Deepest record: 25 m

0–10 m: 67 records
10–20 m: 57 records
20–30 m: 8 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 18–30 °C

16–18 °C: 2 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 6 records
24–26 °C: 104 records
26–28 °C: 17 records
28–30 °C: 105 records

Photos

(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Daniel Benák, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Black-spotted Split-tooth Dorid, Mottled dorid, Colourful Hypseldoris, Flame-tipped Chromodorid, mottled dorid, Mottled Doris, Painted Hypselodoris

Names in 2 more languages

French: Doris peinte, Doris peinturlurée
Japanese: シモフリイロウミウシ, ホシゾラウミウシ

Other scientific names: Brachychlanis pantherina, Chromodoris diardi, Chromodoris runcinata, Chromodoris semperi, Doris diardi, Doris infucata, Glossodoris runcinata

Similar species

Cinderella Sea Slug
Hypselodoris apolegma
Lavender Split-tooth Dorid
Hypselodoris bullockii
Triple-striped Split-tooth Dorid
Hypselodoris emma
Double-banded Split-tooth Dorid
Hypselodoris maculosa
Tryon's Hypselodoris
Hypselodoris tryoni
Bumpy Split-tooth Dorid
Hypselodoris whitei

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).
470 open-data records from 1830 to 2026.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.