Krempf's Phyllidiopsis

About this species

Phyllidiopsis krempfi is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae. This species was named to honour Armand Krempf, a French marine biologist and director of the Nha Trang Institute of Oceanography (Vietnam) from 1921.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 32 records
February: 38 records
March: 51 records
April: 53 records
May: 38 records
June: 38 records
July: 36 records
August: 47 records
September: 30 records
October: 50 records
November: 52 records
December: 51 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 10–23 m · Deepest record: 32 m

0–10 m: 3 records
10–20 m: 45 records
20–30 m: 8 records
30–40 m: 4 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 19–30 °C

18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 14 records
22–24 °C: 8 records
24–26 °C: 16 records
26–28 °C: 17 records
28–30 °C: 123 records

Photos

(c) Jay Paroline, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Krempf's Phyllidiopsis, Pipek's Pyhillidopsis

Names in 3 more languages

French: Phyllidiopsis de Krempf, Phyllidiopsis de Pipek
Japanese: アミメイボウミウシ, パイペックイボウミウシ
Simplified Chinese: 克蘭夫葉海蛞蝓, 克蘭普擬葉海蛞蝓

Other scientific names: Phyllidiopsis pipeki

Similar species

Striped Phyllidiopsis
Phyllidiopsis xishaensis
Anne's Phyllidiopsis
Phyllidiopsis annae
Crested Wart Slug
Phyllidiopsis shireenae
Phyllidiopsis burni
Gorgeous Wart Slug
Phyllidiopsis cardinalis
Compound Wart Slug
Phyllidiopsis fissurata

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).
289 open-data records from 1957 to 2026.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.