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Updated 2/27/2024

Family Chromodorididae

This family contains many of the elongate colorful species popular with divers and photographers.  The group has recently undergone extensive study, resulting in many generic name changes.  Due to their broad range of color and pattern, undescribed 'species' continue to be discovered or separated from species complexes.  Genus names have changed considerably in recent years.

 

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

  Hypselodoris paulinae

PAULINE'S NUDIBRANCH

 

Goniobranchus sp. 5 

MIDWAY RED-SPOTTED NUDIBRANCH

 
Ardeadoris poliahu 

SNOW-GODDESS NUDIBRANCH

 

   Hypselodoris violabranchia

VIOLET GILL NUDIBRANCH

 
  Hypselodoris insulana

ISLAND NUDIBRANCH

 

 Hypselodoris peasei

PEASE'S NUDIBRANCH
Thorunna kahuna

KAHUNA NUDIBRANCH

 

 Hypselodoris alboterminata

WHITEDOT NUDIBRANCH

 

Verconia sp. 4

GLORIOUS NOUMEA

 

 

HAWAII / INDO-PACIFIC

Ceratosoma tenue

KANGAROO NUDIBRANCH

 

 Goniobranchus albopunctatus

WHITE-SPOTTED NUDIBRANCH

 

Goniobranchus sp. 1

RED-SPOTTED NUDIBRANCH

 

Doriprismatica atromarginata

BLACKMARGIN NUDIBRANCH

 
Ardeadoris angustolutea

YELLOWMARGIN NUDIBRANCH

 

 Verconia simplex

SIMPLE NOUMEA
Ardeadoris scottjohnsoni

SCOTT JOHNSON'S NUDIBRANCH

 

Goniobranchus verrieri

VERRIER'S NUDIBRANCH

 
Ardeadoris sp. 2

ORANGEMARGIN NUDIBRANCH

 

Glossodoris rufomarginata

WHITEMARGIN NUDIBRANCH

 
Ardeadoris tomsmithi

TOM SMITH'S NUDIBRANCH

 

 Goniobranchus decorus

DECORATED NUDIBRANCH
Chromodoris aspersa

PURPLE-SPOTTED NUDIBRANCH

 

 Hypselodoris infucata

PAINTED NUDIBRANCH

 

Hypselodoris bertschi

BERTSCH'S NUDIBRANCH

 

 Hypselodoris maridadilus

MAGENTA-STRIPED NUDIBRANCH

Thorunna daniellae

DANIELLE'S NUDIBRANCH

 

 Ceratosoma sp. 2

LILAC CERATOSOMA

 

Verconia varians

VARIABLE NOUMEA

 

Mexichromis pusilla

TINY NUDIBRANCH
Goniobranchus vibratus

TREMBLING NUDIBRANCH

 

 Hypselodoris imperialis

IMPERIAL NUDIBRANCH
Goniobranchus albopustulosus

WHITEBUMP NUDIBRANCH

 

 Miamira sinuata

JOLLY GREEN GIANT NUDIBRANCH

Diversidoris flava

YELLOW NOUMEA

 

Chromodoris sp. 2

WHITE NUDIBRANCH
Goniobranchus geometricus  

GEOMETRY NUDIBRANCH

 

  

INDO-PACIFIC

Goniobranchus kuniei

KUNIE'S NUDIBRANCH

 

Hypselodoris tryoni

TRYON'S NUDIBRANCH
Goniobranchus coi

COI'S NUDIBRANCH

 

 Doriprismatica sibogae

SIBOGA NUDIBRANCH

 

Chromodoris colemani

COLEMAN'S NUDIBRANCH

 

Chromodoris magnifica

MAGNIFICENT NUDIBRANCH
Chromodoris lochi

LOCH'S NUDIBRANCH

 

 Chromodoris willani

WILLAN'S NUDIBRANCH

 

Chromodoris annae

ANNA'S NUDIBRANCH

 

 Ardeadoris averni

REDMARGIN NUDIBRANCH

 
Ardeadoris egretta

EGRET NUDIBRANCH

 

 Goniobranchus setoensis

SETO NUDIBRANCH
Hypselodoris apolegma

PURPLE NUDIBRANCH

 

 Hypselodoris bullocki

BULLOCK'S NUDIBRANCH

 
Goniobranchus reticulatus

RETICULATED NUDIBRANCH

 

 Hypselodoris maculosa

SPOTTED HYPSELODORIS

 
Miamira miamirana

 

MIAMIRA NUDIBRANCH

 

 Goniobranchus aureopurpureus

BLUEMARGIN NUDIBRANCH
Goniobranchus sp. 11

GONIOBRANCHUS 

 

 Hypselodoris sp. 2

ORANGESPOT NUDIBRANCH
Goniobranchus fidelis  

FAITHFUL NUDIBRANCH

 Mexichromis multituberculata

PURPLEWART NUDIBRANCH

 
Glossodoris cincta

GIRDLED NUDIBRANCH

 

 Glossodoris hikuerensis

TUAMOTU NUDIBRANCH
Verconia norba

NORBA NUDIBRANCH

 

 Ceratosoma trilobatum

THREE-LOBED NUDIBRANCH
Miamira flavicostata

YELLOW-RIDGE NUDIBRANCH

 

 Miamira sinuata

 

JOLLY GREEN GIANT NUDIBRANCH

 
Chromodoris lineolata

LINED NUDIBRANCH

 

 Hypselodoris maritima

MARITIME NUDIBRANCH
Hypselodoris sagamiensis

SAGAMI NUDIBRANCH

 

  
   

EAST ASIA 

Hypselodoris festiva

FESTIVE NUDIBRANCH

 

 Chromodoris orientalis

ORIENTAL NUDIBRANCH
Verconia subnivalis

SUBNIVAL NUDIBRANCH

 

 Verconia purpurea

PURPLE NOUMEA

NORTHEAST PACIFIC 

Felimida macfarlandi

MACFARLAND'S NUDIBRANCH