#chromodorididae

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A pair of Anna's magnificent sea slugs (Chromodoris annae) in Dauin, Phillipines

by Robin Gwen Agarwal

[birdblues]

Glossodoris cincta

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Nudibranch, Verconia verconis, family Chromodorididae, found off the coast of southern Australia

photograph by Cliffyclix

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Verconia laboutei

[colorsoutofearth]

Nudibranch photos by David Hall

Photo 1: Hypselodoris bullocki

Photo 2: Hypselodoris infucata

Photo 3: Mexichromus macropus

Photo 4: Miamira magnifica

Photo 5: Hermissendra crassicornis

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Glossodoris cincta 😁 Вид морских слизней, голожаберных дорид и морских брюхоногих моллюсков семейства Chromodorididae без раковин. Название широко использовалось для группы видов с похожей окраской, некоторые из которых не имеют названий.

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Photo by Marx Hazir | Info 

Goniobranchus reticulatus is a species of colorful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. There is considerable disagreement amongst experts over the identity of Goniobranchus reticulatus. It has been widely reported from the Indo-West Pacific Ocean, but many of these records are now believed to be of distinct species.

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Nudibranch Size comparison 

We’re used to seeing nudies in close-up shots, which can make it difficult to tell their size. Here is a pic of a nudie (likely from the family Chromodorididae) with a thumb for scale. 

NOTE: While this guy is tiny, nudibranchs range in size from 6 mm - 30 cm.

Reference: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/group/nudibranchs/

Photo taken by Loren Mariani for the Gold Coast Sea Slug Census.

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This is the flamant Sechuran Desert Nudibranch (Felimare sechurana), a recent described new species of seaslug from the Sechuran desert coastline of North Perú.

- Illescas peninsula in northwestern Peru, where the new species was discovered. Photograph Yuri Hooker.

Previously mistaken with the California blue dorid (Felimare californiensis), a genetic and morfometric study found out it was a complete new species. The genetic difference between these two sea slug, could be the result of dispersal of members of an ancestral population across the tropical eastern Pacific during the repeated periods of glaciation during the Pleistocene (approximately 1 - 2 million years ago), followed by isolation.

Nudibranchs, often casually called sea slugs, are marine gastropod molluscs which shed their shells after their larval stage. Are found worldwide, and play a fundamental role as biological controllers of corals, anemones, hydrozoans and marine sponges.

Photographs by Yuri Hooker

Reference (Open Access): Hoover et al. 2017. Integrative taxonomy of the Felimare californiensis and F. ghiselini species complex (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae), with description of a new species from Peru.  Journal of Molluscan Studies

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A Willan's chromodoris nudibranch (Chromodoris willani) in Kalimantan, Borneo

by Iain Fraser

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Mexichromis mariei

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Chromodoris willani have been recorded in Sabah. Photo by Quek Yew Aun. #SeaSlugs

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Glossodoris rufomarginata by Ken-ichi on Flickr.

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There was definitely a time between fal tor pan and the voyage home where Spock’s academic and scientific education had far outpaced his ‘how to interact with people and hold a conversation’ education so conversations with him would just go like

Kirk: Hey Spock how’s it going

Spock: Chromodoris magnifica is a Terran sea slug, a species of nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae. It is the type species of the genus Chromodoris. This nudibranch is found in the central area of the Indo-Pacific region from Indonesia and the Philippines to New Guinea and Eastern Australia. Chromodoris magnifica can reach a maximum size of 60 mm (2.4 in) in length. The body is elongate with a foot which is distinct from the upper body by a skirt like mantle hiding partially the foot. The branched gills and the rhinophores are

[wtf-scientific-papers]

[Battle of the bands: systematics and phylogeny of the white Goniobranchus nudibranchs with marginal bands (Nudibranchia, Chromodorididae)]

Soong et al., 2022

[oceansoftheworld]

Photo by Mark Morrow | Info

Glossodoris sp. Glossodoris is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae. The use of the genus name Glossodoris has been a subject of debate amongst taxonomists for over 150 years. Because it is the oldest name in the Chromodorididae it has been used differently by different taxonomists, sometimes including many species of Hypselodoris and Chromodoris and the other smaller genera recognized today. Its modern status is based on the analysis of DNA sequences.