Banana Nudibranch
Notodoris minor
- Usual depth10–21 m
- Water temperature19–30 °C
- Best monthsSeptember, November, and December
- How commonRare
About this species
Notodoris minor is a species of sea slug. It is a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aegiridae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Notodoris minor”, 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: 12 records
- February: 12 records
- March: 8 records
- April: 9 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 14 records
- August: 9 records
- September: 19 records
- October: 13 records
- November: 24 records
- December: 16 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 10–21 m · Deepest record: 28 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 19–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Banana Nudibranch
Names in 2 more languages
- French
- Doris-guêpe
- Japanese
- キイロトラフウミウシ
Other scientific names: Aegires minor
Similar species
- Gardiner's Banana Nudibranch
Notodoris gardineri
Sunset Knobbed DoridAegires villosus
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).
- 203 open-data records from 1904 to 2025.
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