Bumpy Split-tooth Dorid
Hypselodoris whitei
- Usual depth3–16 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsApril, October, and November
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
About this species
Hypselodoris whitei is a colourful species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Hypselodoris whitei”, 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: 75 records
- February: 80 records
- March: 86 records
- April: 100 records
- May: 75 records
- June: 67 records
- July: 90 records
- August: 83 records
- September: 66 records
- October: 96 records
- November: 98 records
- December: 84 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–16 m · Deepest record: 25 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Photos
(c) Ewout Knoester, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Gregor Bailar, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Bernard DUPONT, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) Bernard DUPONT, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Bumpy Split-tooth Dorid, White's Hypselodoris
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Hypselodoris de White
- Japanese
- クチナシイロウミウシ
- Simplified Chinese
- 懷特高澤海蛞蝓（懷氏多彩海蛞蝓）
Other scientific names: Chromodoris mouaci, Glossodoris mouaci, Goniodoris whitei, Hypselodoris centunculus, Hypselodoris mouaci
Similar species
Cinderella Sea SlugHypselodoris apolegma
Lavender Split-tooth DoridHypselodoris bullockii
Triple-striped Split-tooth DoridHypselodoris emma
Black-spotted Split-tooth DoridHypselodoris infucata
Double-banded Split-tooth DoridHypselodoris maculosa
Tryon's HypselodorisHypselodoris tryoni
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).
- 379 open-data records from 1974 to 2026.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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