Magnificent Chromodoris
Amazing fact
The magnificent chromodoris can serve as a host for shrimp.
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The magnificent chromodoris can serve as a host for shrimp.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Magnificent Chromodoris
- Scientific name
- Chromodoris magnifica
- Japanese name
- シライトウミウシ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Nudibranchia
- Family
- Chromodorididae
- Genus
- Chromodoris
Basic data
- Range
- The tropical western Pacific
Where the Magnificent Chromodoris has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- シライトウミウシ
- 简体中文
- 华丽多彩海蛞蝓
- 繁體中文
- 華麗多彩海蛞蝓
- Español
- Babosa de mar magnífica
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — シライトウミウシChecked: 2026-11-04
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center — Chromodoris magnifica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832), a new nudibranch host for the shrimp Periclimenes imperator Bruce, 1967 (Pontoniinae)Checked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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