Trance Wrinkle Dorid
Nembrotha kubaryana
- Usual depth5–18 m
- Water temperature25–30 °C
- Best monthsMarch, April, and May
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Steve Childs, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Nembrotha kubaryana, also known as the variable neon slug or the dusky nembrotha, is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Nembrotha kubaryana”, 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: 120 records
- February: 150 records
- March: 202 records
- April: 245 records
- May: 194 records
- June: 166 records
- July: 168 records
- August: 178 records
- September: 162 records
- October: 162 records
- November: 180 records
- December: 183 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–18 m · Deepest record: 28 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C
Photos
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Roger Rittmaster, 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) Gregor Bailar, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Trance Wrinkle Dorid, Dusky Nembrotha, Variable neon slug
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Nembrotha de Kubary
- Japanese
- アカフチリュウグウウミウシ
- Simplified Chinese
- 庫柏利多角海牛, 庫柏利多角海蛞蝓
Other scientific names: Nembrotha nigerrima
Similar species
Chamberlain's NembrothaNembrotha chamberlaini
Crested NembrothaNembrotha cristata
Ivory Wrinkle DoridNembrotha lineolata
Shadowy Wrinkle DoridNembrotha milleri
Crucifix Wrinkle DoridNembrotha livingstonei
Graceful Wrinkle DoridRoboastra gracilis
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).
- 765 open-data records from 1877 to 2026.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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