Simple Rainbow Dorid
Verconia simplex
- Usual depth5–20 m
- Water temperature19–30 °C
- Best monthsMarch, April, and November
- How commonRare
About this species
Verconia simplex is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Verconia simplex”, 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: 7 records
- February: 9 records
- March: 17 records
- April: 19 records
- May: 14 records
- June: 6 records
- July: 11 records
- August: 12 records
- September: 7 records
- October: 9 records
- November: 15 records
- December: 11 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–20 m · Deepest record: 30 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 19–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Simple Rainbow Dorid
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- シロウサギウミウシ
- Simplified Chinese
- 簡單多彩海蛞蝓
Other scientific names: Chromodoris simplex, Hypselodoris kayae, Noumea simplex
Similar species
- White-stripe Rainbow Dorid
Verconia norba
Slender ceratosoma nudibranchCeratosoma gracillimum
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).
- 152 open-data records from 1981 to 2026.
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