Nembrotha lorosae

Nudibranchs

Usual depth12–29 m
Water temperature20–28 °C
Best monthsMarch, May, and December
How commonRare

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Photo credit: (c) Piotr Lukasik, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 18 records
February: 7 records
March: 23 records
April: 21 records
May: 28 records
June: 18 records
July: 19 records
August: 21 records
September: 13 records
October: 17 records
November: 11 records
December: 24 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 12–29 m · Deepest record: 32 m

0–10 m: 3 records
10–20 m: 30 records
20–30 m: 18 records
30–40 m: 5 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–28 °C

18–20 °C: 8 records
20–22 °C: 34 records
22–24 °C: 11 records
24–26 °C: 0 records
26–28 °C: 0 records
28–30 °C: 6 records

Photos

(c) Rhonda Ridley, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Piotr Lukasik, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Similar species

Chamberlain's Nembrotha
Nembrotha chamberlaini
Crested Nembrotha
Nembrotha cristata
Trance Wrinkle Dorid
Nembrotha kubaryana
Ivory Wrinkle Dorid
Nembrotha lineolata
Shadowy Wrinkle Dorid
Nembrotha milleri
Fire-gilled Wrinkle Dorid
Nembrotha purpureolineata

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.
62 open-data records from 2008 to 2026.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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