Home Acknowledgments Conventions Glossary Maps References Links Articles Thumbnails Species list Suborder Next family	Chromodorididae The family Chromodorididae includes species that are often brightly colored and elaborately patterned, presumably advertising their distastefulness. Most chromodorids store toxic chemicals from their sponge food in mantle glands, usually concentrated in a submarginal band on the notum, in order to repel predators. The most brightly colored species are diurnal but some of the others are nocturnal. It is the largest Indo-Pacific nudibranch family, with more than 600 species, and it is well-represented in Hawaii with about 45 species in 11 genera (Ardeadoris, Ceratosoma, Chromodoris, Diversidoris, Doriprismatica, Glossodoris, Goniobranchus, Hypselodoris, Mexichromis, Thorunna, and Verconia ). There's some chance that this photo by Chen Zhi shows a Ceratosoma gracillimum but there's insufficient detail for a firm ID. Ardeadoris angustolutea Ardeadoris poliahu Ardeadoris scottjohnsoni Ardeadoris tomsmithi Ardeadoris sp. #2 Ardeadoris(?) sp. #4 Ceratosoma tenue Ceratosoma(?) sp. #1 Ceratosoma sp. #2 Chromodoris aspersa no photo available Chromodoris striatella Chromodoris sp. #2 Diversidoris flava Doriprismatica atromarginata Glossodoris rufomarginata Goniobranchus albopunctatus Goniobranchus albopustulosus Goniobranchus decorus Goniobranchus geometricus Goniobranchus petechialis Goniobranchus verrieri Goniobranchus vibratus Goniobranchus sp. #1 Goniobranchus sp. #5 Goniobranchus(?) sp. #6 Hypselodoris alboterminata Hypselodoris bertschi Hypselodoris imperialis Hypselodoris infucata Hypselodoris insulana Hypselodoris maridadilus Hypselodoris paulinae Hypselodoris peasei Hypselodoris violabranchia Mexichromis pusilla Mexichromis(?) sp. #3 Miamira sinuata Thorunna daniellae Thorunna cf. halourga Thorunna kahuna Verconia simplex Verconia varians Verconia sp. #4 Verconia sp. #5 Verconia sp. #6
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