Zephyr Hypselodoris
Hypselodoris zephyra
- Usual depth5–22 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsAugust, November, and December
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Steve Childs, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Hypselodoris zephyra is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Hypselodoris zephyra”, 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: 64 records
- February: 56 records
- March: 61 records
- April: 74 records
- May: 68 records
- June: 36 records
- July: 69 records
- August: 110 records
- September: 110 records
- October: 110 records
- November: 133 records
- December: 112 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–22 m · Deepest record: 40 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Photos
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Gregor Bailar, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Zephyr Hypselodoris
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- ソヨカゼイロウミウシ
- Simplified Chinese
- 西風多彩海牛
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).
- 277 open-data records from 1979 to 2026.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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