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Family: Dorididae



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85 species (see list below)
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Alloiodoris marmorata
[Marmorata Alloiodoris]
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Aphelodoris antillensis
[]
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Max. Length 4 cm TL
 
Aphelodoris berghi
[Bergh's Aphelodoris]
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Aphelodoris brunnea
[]
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Aphelodoris rossquicki
[]

Harasti, David

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 5 cm TL
Aphelodoris varia(Abraham, 1877)

Photo by Harasti, David
 
Aphelodoris varia
[Variable Aphelodoris]
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Max. Length 3 cm DL
 
Aporodoris millegrana
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Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 22 cm TL
Asteronotus cespitosus(van Hasselt, 1824)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Asteronotus cespitosus
[Clumpy nudibranch]
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Asteronotus harmandi
[]
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Asteronotus mabila
[]
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Cadlina georgiensis
[]
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Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Cadlina magellanica
[]
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Max. Length 2.4 cm TL
 
Conualevia alba
[White smooth-horn doris]
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Max. Length 2 cm TL
 
Conualevia marcusi
[Ernst's dorid]
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Doridium pusum
[]
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Doris adrianae
[]
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Doris alboranica
[]
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Doris bertheloti
[]
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Doris bicolor
[]
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Max. Length 1.7 cm DL
 
Doris bovena
[]

Harasti, David

Indo-West Pacific

Doris cameroni(Allan, 1947)

Photo by Harasti, David
 
Doris cameroni
[]
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Doris claurina
[]
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Max. Length 1.9 cm DL
 
Doris falklandica
[]
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Max. Length 12 cm DL
 
Doris fontainii
[Large warted sea slug]
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Max. Length 3 cm DL
 
Doris fretterae
[]
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Max. Length 2.8 cm TL
 
Doris granulosa
[Glandular dorid]
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Max. Length 2.5 cm DL
 
Doris ilo
[]
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Max. Length 12 cm DL
 
Doris kerguelenensis
[]
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Max. Length 1.8 cm DL
 
Doris kyolis
[]
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Max. Length 6 cm DL
 
Doris luteola
[]
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Doris marmorata
[]
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Max. Length 15 cm TL
 
Doris montereyensis
[Monterey sea-lemon]
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Doris nobilis
[]
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Doris ocelligera
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Cowles, David

Eastern Pacific. Tropica
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Doris odhneri(MacFarland, 1966)

Photo by Cowles, David
 
Doris odhneri
[White night doris]
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Doris odonoghuei
[]
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Max. Length 2.5 cm TL
 
Doris pickensi
[Picken's dorid]
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Max. Length 5 cm DL
 
Doris plumulata
[]

Fenwick, David

Northeast Atlantic and th

Doris pseudoargusRapp, 1827

Photo by Fenwick, David
 
Doris pseudoargus
[]
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Doris pseudoverrucosa
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Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

Western Central Pacific

Doris raripilosaAbraham, 1877

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette
 
Doris raripilosa
[]
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Doris sticta
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Coudre, Christian

Atlantic Ocean, Western I
Max. Length 7 cm DL
Doris verrucosaLinnaeus, 1758

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Doris verrucosa
[Sponge slug]
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Doris villosa
[]

Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

Pacific Ocean.

Doris viridis(Pease, 1861)

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette
 
Doris viridis
[]
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Max. Length 20 cm TL
 
Doris wellingtonensis
[Wellington nudibranch]
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Max. Length 2.4 cm DL
 
Etidoris ladislavii
[]

Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

Western Central Pacific

Halgerda albocristataGosliner & Fahey, 1998

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette
 
Halgerda albocristata
[]
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Max. Length 5.5 cm TL
 
Halgerda anosy
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Malaer, Piero

Western Pacific.

Halgerda batangasCarlson & Hoff, 2000

Photo by Malaer, Piero
 
Halgerda batangas
[]
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Max. Length 3.5 cm TL
 
Halgerda berberiani
[]
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Max. Length 1 cm TL
 
Halgerda biqiea
[]
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Max. Length 2.5 cm TL
 
Halgerda brunneomaculata
[Brown-spotted halgerda]

Harasti, David

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 5 cm TL
Halgerda carlsoniRudman, 1978

Photo by Harasti, David
 
Halgerda carlsoni
[Carlson's Halgerda]

Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

Indo-Pacific.

Halgerda dalanghitaFahey & Gosliner, 1999

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette
 
Halgerda dalanghita
[]
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Halgerda formosa
[Beautiful halgerda]
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Halgerda hervei
[]
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Max. Length 1.5 cm TL
 
Halgerda iota
[]
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Halgerda johnsonorum
[]
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Max. Length 9.5 cm TL
 
Halgerda labyrinthus
[]
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Max. Length 4.1 cm TL
 
Halgerda maaikeae
[]

Johnson, Scott and Jeanette

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 7 cm TL
Halgerda malessoCarlson & Hoff, 1993

Photo by Johnson, Scott and Jeanette
 
Halgerda malesso
[]
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Halgerda mango
[]
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Max. Length 5.5 cm TL
 
Halgerda mesophotica
[]
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Halgerda okinawa
[]
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Max. Length 1 cm TL
 
Halgerda pattiae
[]
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Max. Length 5 cm TL
 
Halgerda paulayi
[]
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Max. Length 6 cm TL
 
Halgerda profunda
[]
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Halgerda punctata
[]
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Max. Length 1.6 cm TL
 
Halgerda radamaensis
[]
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Max. Length 5 cm TL
 
Halgerda scripta
[]
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Max. Length 4.5 cm TL
 
Halgerda takipsilim
[]
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Max. Length 5 cm TL
 
Halgerda terramtuentis
[]

Harasti, David

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 3.5 cm TL
Halgerda tessellata(Bergh, 1880)

Photo by Harasti, David
 
Halgerda tessellata
[Tessellated halgerda]
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Halgerda wasinensis
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Harasti, David

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm TL
Halgerda willeyiEliot, 1904

Photo by Harasti, David
 
Halgerda willeyi
[Willey's Halgerda]
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Halgerda xishaensis
[]
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Homoiodoris japonica
[Japanese dorid]

Harasti, David

Indo-West Pacific

Neodoris chrysoderma(Angas, 1864)

Photo by Harasti, David
 
Neodoris chrysoderma
[Chrysanthemum neodoris]
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Siraius kyolis
[]
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Siraius nucleola
[Kernel siraius]
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Sphaerodoris papillata
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Bailly, Nicolas

Western Central Pacific

Taringa halgerdaGosliner & Behrens, 1998

Photo by Bailly, Nicolas
 
Taringa halgerda
[Pom-pom taringa]
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Trippa albata
[]
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Max. Length 1 cm DL
 
Trippa anceps
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