Verconia varians
- Usual depth5–22 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsMay, June, and July
- How commonRare
About this species
Verconia varians is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Verconia varians”, 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: 5 records
- February: 12 records
- March: 12 records
- April: 13 records
- May: 18 records
- June: 15 records
- July: 14 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 10 records
- October: 7 records
- November: 9 records
- December: 4 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 5–22 m · Deepest record: 30.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Names and classification
Names in 2 more languages
- French
- Verconie fluctuante
- Japanese
- キベリアカイロウミウシ, クラサキウミウシ
Other scientific names: Chromodoris gloriosa, Chromodoris varians, Noumea varians
Similar species
- White-stripe Rainbow Dorid
Verconia norba
- Simple Rainbow Dorid
Verconia simplex
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).
- 124 open-data records from 1975 to 2026.
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