Nembrotha mullineri
- Usual depth8–23 m
- Water temperature26–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch, April, and May
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Pierre Pericard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Nembrotha mullineri is a species of colourful 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 mullineri”, 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: 3 records
- February: 9 records
- March: 27 records
- April: 38 records
- May: 34 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 5 records
- August: 6 records
- September: 11 records
- October: 10 records
- November: 5 records
- December: 7 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 8–23 m · Deepest record: 23 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 26–29 °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) Gregor Bailar, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Gregor Bailar, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Similar species
Chamberlain's NembrothaNembrotha chamberlaini
Crested NembrothaNembrotha cristata
Trance Wrinkle DoridNembrotha kubaryana
Ivory Wrinkle DoridNembrotha lineolata
Shadowy Wrinkle DoridNembrotha milleri
Fire-gilled Wrinkle DoridNembrotha 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.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 67 open-data records from 1993 to 2025.
- Species data updated October 30, 2026.
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