Nudi Pixel: Nudibranchs and Sea Slugs Identification with Photographs

Diaulula sandiegensis

Photographed by: Marli Wakeling

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Opisthobranchia
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Doridina
Family:	Discodorididae
Species:	Diaulula sandiegensis

The brown to black ring-shaped markings are characteristic of Diaulula sandiegensis.

In specimens from the southern Pacific coast the dark pigment on the dorsum it is typically in the form of a few rings, in specimens from the northern Pacific coast it is typically in the form of numerous small blotches.

It is the typical northern form, in the southern part of their range the brown/black marking of the dorsum are typcially more ring shaped.

Locality:

• USA
  • California (10) Dec
  • Washington (1)
• Canada
  • British Columbia (2) Jan

 

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