Yellow-striped Rainbow Dorid
Mexichromis lemniscata
- Usual depth1–7 m
- Water temperature24–29 °C
- Best monthsApril, May, and October
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Bart, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Mexichromis lemniscata is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Mexichromis lemniscata”, 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: 4 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 7 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 5 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–7 m · Deepest record: 9 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–29 °C
Photos
(c) Bart, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Yellow-striped Rainbow Dorid
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- セスジウミウシ
Other scientific names: Chromodoris clitonota, Chromodoris luxuriosa, Chromodoris scurra, Chromodoris variegata, Doris dorsalis, Doris lemniscata, Durvilledoris lemniscata, Glossodoris clitonota, Glossodoris lemniscata
Similar species
Beau Vallon Magnificent SlugMexichromis multituberculata
Three-lines Purple DorisMexichromis trilineata
Festive NudibranchMexichromis festiva
Big-foot NudibranchMexichromis macropus
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).
- 39 open-data records from 1981 to 2020.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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