Species under Hypselodoris
n= 50
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Hypselodoris alboterminata
Gosliner & Johnson, 1999
Eastern Central Pacific
Hypselodoris andersoni
Bertsch & Gosliner, 1989
Anderson's nudibranch Eastern Central Pacific
Hypselodoris babai
Gosliner & Behrens, 2000
Baba's Hypselodoris Western Pacific
Hypselodoris bennetti
(Angas, 1864)
Bennett's Hypselodoris Indo-West Pacific 3
Hypselodoris bertschi
Gosliner & Johnson, 1999
Eastern Central Pacific
Hypselodoris bilineata
(Pruvot-Fol, 1953)
Mediterranean Sea
Hypselodoris bollandi
Gosliner & Johnson, 1999
Bolland's Hypselodoris Western Central Pacific
Hypselodoris bullockii
(Collingwood, 1881)
Bullock's Hypselodoris Indo-West Pacific 4
Hypselodoris californiensis
(Bergh, 1879)
California blue doris Eastern Pacific 9
Hypselodoris cantabrica
Bouchet & Ortea, 1980
Mediterranean Sea
Hypselodoris capensis
(Barnard, 1927)
Cape dorid Western Indian Ocean 4
Hypselodoris carnea
(Bergh, 1889)
Western Indian Ocean 3.5
Hypselodoris centunculus
Yonow, 1994
Western Indian Ocean 2
Hypselodoris confetti
Gosliner & Johnson, 2018
Western Pacific
Hypselodoris decorata
(Risbec, 1928)
Western and Central Pacific
Hypselodoris dollfusi
(Pruvot-Fol, 1933)
Dollfu's Hypselodoris Western Indian Ocean
Hypselodoris emma
Rudman, 1977
Emma's Hypselodoris Indo-West Pacific 3
Hypselodoris festiva
(Adams, 1861)
Blue dorid Northwest Pacific
Hypselodoris flavomarginata
Rudman, 1995
Western Central Pacific
Hypselodoris fontandraui
(Pruvot-Fol, 1951)
Mediterranean Sea
Hypselodoris ghiselini
Bertsch, 1978
Ghiselin's chromodorid Eastern Central Pacific 7
Hypselodoris iacula
Gosliner & Johnson, 1999
Western Central Pacific 5
Hypselodoris imperialis
(Pease, 1860)
Pacific Ocean 8
Hypselodoris infucata
(Ruppell & Leuckart, 1831)
Painted nudibranch Indo-Pacific and the Mediterranean Sea 4
Hypselodoris iris
(Collingwood, 1881)
Northwest Pacific
Hypselodoris kaname
Baba, 1994
Kanam Hypselodoris Indo-West Pacific 5.5
Hypselodoris kanga
Rudman, 1977
Kanga nudibranch Indo-West Pacific 4
Hypselodoris katherinae
Gosliner & Johnson, 2018
Western Pacific
Hypselodoris krakatoa
Gosliner & Johnson, 1999
Volcano Hypselodoris Western Central Pacific
Hypselodoris lajensis
Troncoso, García & Urgorri, 1998
Western Atlantic 3
Hypselodoris lapizlazuli
(Bertsch & Ferreira, 1974)
Southeast Pacific 3
Hypselodoris maculosa
(Pease, 1871)
Spotted Hypselodoris Indo-Pacific 3
Hypselodoris malacitana
Luque, 1986
Mediterranean Sea
Hypselodoris maridadilus
Rudman, 1977
Indo-Pacific 4
Hypselodoris maritima
(Baba, 1949)
Maritime Hypselodoris Western Pacific
Hypselodoris mouaci
(Risbec, 1930)
Mouac's Hypselodoris Western Pacific
Hypselodoris nigrostriata
(Eliot, 1904)
Black stripped Hypselodoris Indo-West Pacific 4
Hypselodoris obscura
Stimpson, 1855
Obscure Hypselodoris Indo-West Pacific 4
Hypselodoris orsinii
(Vérany, 1846)
Mediterranean Sea
Hypselodoris placida
(Baba, 1949)
Western Pacific
Hypselodoris pulchella
(Ruppell & Leuckart, 1828)
Beautiful Hypselodoris Indo-Pacific 11
Hypselodoris purpureomaculosa
Hamatani, 1995
Purple-spotted Hypselodoris Western Central Pacific
Hypselodoris reidi
Gosliner & Johnson, 1999
Western Central Pacific
Hypselodoris skyleri
Gosliner & Johnson, 2018
Western Central Pacific
Hypselodoris sycilla
(Bergh, 1890)
Western Atlantic 2.5
Hypselodoris tricolor
(Cantraine, 1835)
Mediterranean Sea
Hypselodoris tryoni
(Garrett, 1873)
Tryon's Hypselodoris Indo-Pacific 10
Hypselodoris villafranca
(Risso, 1818)
Mediterranean Sea
Hypselodoris whitei
(Adams & Reeve, 1850)
White's Hypselodoris Indo-Pacific
Hypselodoris zephyra
Gosliner & Johnson, 1999
Zephyr Hypselodoris Western Central Pacific
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