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Doriopsilla albopunctata (White-Spotted Dorid)
Scientific name: Doriopsilla albopunctata

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Mollusca → Class Gastropoda → Subclass Heterobranchia → Infraclass Euthyneura → Subterclass Ringipleura → Superorder Nudipleura → Order Nudibranchia → Suborder Doridina → Infraorder Doridoidei → Superfamily Phyllidioidea → Family Dendrodorididae → Genus Doriopsilla

Common name: White-Spotted Dorid
...also Salted Yellow Dorid
Locations: Eastern Pacific
Group: Marine LifeInvertebratesNudibranchs

Usually yellow, but sometimes brown.

Very similar to Doriopsilla fulva, which is usually lighter and has a more regular spot pattern just on the tops of its tubercles.

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Doriopsilla albopunctata (White-Spotted Dorid)
Doriopsilla albopunctata (White-Spotted Dorid)
Doriopsilla albopunctata (White-Spotted Dorid)
Doriopsilla albopunctata (White-Spotted Dorid)
Doriopsilla albopunctata (White-Spotted Dorid)
Very brown one
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