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Family: Onchidorididae (See list of species below)

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49 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Acanthodoris armata []	No picture found Acanthodoris atrogriseata []	No picture found Acanthodoris brunnea [Brown spiny doris]
No picture found Acanthodoris caerulescens []	No picture found Acanthodoris falklandica []	No picture found Acanthodoris hudsoni [Hudson's horned dorid]
No picture found Acanthodoris lutea [Orange-peel doris]	No picture found Acanthodoris metulifera []	Acanthodoris nanaimoensis [Wine-plumed doris]
No picture found Acanthodoris nanega []	Acanthodoris pilosa [Hairy spiny doris]	No picture found Acanthodoris pina []
No picture found Acanthodoris rhodoceras [Black-tipped spiny doris]	No picture found Adalaria evincta []	No picture found Adalaria jannae [Janna's dorid]
No picture found Adalaria loveni []	No picture found Adalaria proxima [Yellow false doris]	No picture found Adalaria rossica []
No picture found Adalaria tschuktschica []	No picture found Adalaria ultima []	No picture found Akiodoris lutescens []
No picture found Akiodoris salacia []	Calycidoris guentheri []	No picture found Diaphorodoris lirulatocauda [Ridge-tailed dorid]
Diaphorodoris luteocincta []	No picture found Diaphorodoris mitsui []	No picture found Diaphorodoris papillata []
No picture found Doridunculus echinulatus []	No picture found Lamellidoris pusilla []	No picture found Onchidoris albonigra []
No picture found Onchidoris aspera []	No picture found Onchidoris aureopuncta []	Onchidoris bilamellata [Barnacle-eating onchidoris]
No picture found Onchidoris depressa []	No picture found Onchidoris diademata []	No picture found Onchidoris expectata []
No picture found Onchidoris grisea []	No picture found Onchidoris hystricina []	No picture found Onchidoris inconspicua []
No picture found Onchidoris lactea []	No picture found Onchidoris maugeansis [Maugean onchidoris]	No picture found Onchidoris miniata []
Onchidoris muricata [Fuzzy onchidoris]	No picture found Onchidoris neapolitana []	No picture found Onchidoris oblonga []
No picture found Onchidoris olivacea []	No picture found Onchidoris quadrimaculata []	No picture found Onchidoris sparsa []
No picture found Onchidoris tenella []

49 Species of Family Onchidorididae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Acanthodoris armata		Eastern Pacific.
Acanthodoris atrogriseata		Eastern Pacific.
Acanthodoris brunnea	Brown spiny doris	Eastern Pacific.	1.5 TL
Acanthodoris caerulescens		Eastern Pacific.
Acanthodoris falklandica		Western Atlantic and East	1.8 DL
Acanthodoris hudsoni	Hudson's horned dorid	Eastern Pacific. Tropica	2 TL
Acanthodoris lutea	Orange-peel doris	Eastern Pacific. Tropica	3 TL
Acanthodoris metulifera		Eastern Indian Ocean
Acanthodoris nanaimoensis	Wine-plumed doris	Eastern Pacific. Tropica	2.5 TL
Acanthodoris nanega		Eastern Indian Ocean
Acanthodoris pilosa	Hairy spiny doris	Atlantic Ocean, Eastern P	2 TL
Acanthodoris pina		Eastern Central Pacific	1.5 TL
Acanthodoris rhodoceras	Black-tipped spiny doris	Eastern Pacific.	2.8 TL
Adalaria evincta		Northeast Pacific
Adalaria jannae	Janna's dorid	Eastern Pacific. Tropica	1.5 TL
Adalaria loveni		Northeast Atlantic
Adalaria proxima	Yellow false doris	Atlantic Ocean, Eastern P	2 TL
Adalaria rossica		Arctic
Adalaria tschuktschica		Northeast Pacific
Adalaria ultima		Northwest Pacific
Akiodoris lutescens		Northeast Pacific
Akiodoris salacia		Northeast Pacific	0.65 TL
Calycidoris guentheri		Northwest Atlantic and th
Diaphorodoris lirulatocauda	Ridge-tailed dorid	Eastern Pacific. Tropica	1.2 TL
Diaphorodoris luteocincta		Northeast Atlantic and th
Diaphorodoris mitsui		Western Pacific
Diaphorodoris papillata		Mediterranean Sea.
Doridunculus echinulatus		Northeast Atlantic
Lamellidoris pusilla		Northeast Atlantic
Onchidoris albonigra		Mediterranean Sea.
Onchidoris aspera		Northern Atlantic
Onchidoris aureopuncta		Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Onchidoris bilamellata	Barnacle-eating onchidoris	Northeast Atlantic, Easte	3.8 TL
Onchidoris depressa		Western Central Pacific,
Onchidoris diademata		Western Atlantic	3.8 TL
Onchidoris expectata		Northwest Pacific
Onchidoris grisea		Western Atlantic	1.2 TL
Onchidoris hystricina		Eastern Central Pacific
Onchidoris inconspicua		Northeast Atlantic
Onchidoris lactea		Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL
Onchidoris maugeansis	Maugean onchidoris	Eastern Indian Ocean
Onchidoris miniata		Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Onchidoris muricata	Fuzzy onchidoris	Eastern Pacific, Atlantic	1.4 TL
Onchidoris neapolitana		Mediterranean Sea.
Onchidoris oblonga		Northeast Atlantic
Onchidoris olivacea		Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Onchidoris quadrimaculata		Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL
Onchidoris sparsa		Northeast Atlantic and th
Onchidoris tenella		Western Atlantic	1.2 DL

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