Chamberlain's Nembrotha
Nembrotha chamberlaini
- Usual depth7–18 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsApril, May, and November
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Dan Schofield · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Nembrotha chamberlaini is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. It was first described in 1997.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Nembrotha chamberlaini”, 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: 93 records
- February: 103 records
- March: 110 records
- April: 162 records
- May: 124 records
- June: 61 records
- July: 55 records
- August: 81 records
- September: 50 records
- October: 68 records
- November: 118 records
- December: 103 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 7–18 m · Deepest record: 27 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Photos
(c) Eric Crandall, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Bernard Picton, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Chamberlain's Nembrotha
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- セグロリュウグウウミウシ
- Simplified Chinese
- 張伯倫多角海牛, 張伯倫多角海蛞蝓
Similar species
Crested NembrothaNembrotha cristata
Trance Wrinkle DoridNembrotha kubaryana
Ivory Wrinkle DoridNembrotha lineolata
Shadowy Wrinkle DoridNembrotha milleri
- Fire-gilled Wrinkle Dorid
Nembrotha purpureolineata
Crucifix Wrinkle DoridNembrotha livingstonei
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).
- 369 open-data records from 1987 to 2026.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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