Peltodoris

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title: "Peltodoris" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["discodorididae", "gastropod-genera", "peltodoris"] description: "Genus of gastropods" topic_path: "general/discodorididae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peltodoris" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| image = Diaulula nobilis.JPG | image_caption = Peltodoris | taxon = Peltodoris | authority = Bergh, 1880 | synonyms =

• Montereina MacFarland, 1905
• Phialodoris Bergh, 1890 | type_species = Peltodoris atromaculata | type_species_authority = Bergh, 1880

Peltodoris is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Discodorididae.

This genus differs from Discodoris by its lack of labial armature. It feeds on sponges, favouring two genera.

And some of these species, such as Peltodoris nobilis, give off a strong lemony scent when rubbed vigorously.

Species

Species in the genus Peltodoris include:

• Peltodoris atromaculata Bergh, 1880
• Peltodoris aurea Eliot, 1903
• Peltodoris carolynae Mulliner & Sphon, 1974
• Peltodoris lancei Millen & Bertsch, 2000
• Peltodoris lentiginosa (Millen, 1982)
• Peltodoris lippa Valdés, 2001
• Peltodoris marmorata Bergh, 1898
• Peltodoris mullineri Millen & Bertsch, 2000
• Peltodoris murrea (Abraham, 1877)
• Peltodoris nobilis MacFarland, 1905
• Peltodoris punctifera (Abraham, 1877)
• Peltodoris rosae Valdés & Bertsch, 2010
• Peltodoris rubra Bergh, 1905
• Peltodoris temarensis Edmunds, 2011 ;Species brought into synonymy:
• Peltodoris crucis (Mörch, 1863) sensu Bergh, 1880: synonym of Tayuva lilacina (Gould, 1852)
• Peltodoris fellowsi Kay & Young, 1969: synonym of Hiatodoris fellowsi (Kay & Young, 1969)
• Peltodoris greeleyi MacFarland, 1909: synonym of Montereina greeleyi (MacFarland, 1909), synonym of Diaulula greeleyi (MacFarland, 1909) (original combination)
• Peltodoris hummelincki Marcus & Marcus, 1963: synonym of Tayuva lilacina (Gould, 1852)
• Peltodoris mauritiana Bergh, 1889 synonym of Peltodoris murrea (Abraham, 1877)
• Peltodoris nayarita Ortea & Llera, 1981: synonym of Montereina greeleyi (MacFarland, 1909), synonym of Diaulula greeleyi (MacFarland, 1909) (original combination)
• Peltodoris sauvagei Rochebrune, 1881: synonym of Discodoris sauvagei (Rochebrune, 1881)
• Peltodoris variolata (d'Orbigny, 1837): synonym of Diaulula variolata (d'Orbigny, 1837) ;Nomen dubium
• Peltodoris angulata Eliot, 1903 (nomen dubium)
• Peltodoris noumeae Risbec, 1937 (nomen dubium)

References

• Valdés Á. (2002). A phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 136: 535-636
• • Dayrat B. 2010. A monographic revision of discodorid sea slugs (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia, Doridina). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, vol. 61, suppl. I, 1-403, 382 figs.

References

1. "Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at the Academy of Natural Sciences".
2. Valdès, A.. (2002). "A phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
3. (2010). "Peltodoris Bergh, 1880". World Marine Mollusca database.
4. (2010-02-28). "Peltodoris atromaculata Bergh, 1880". DORIS.
5. (2004). "Cytotoxic haplosclerid sponges preferred: A field study on the diet of the dotted sea slug ''Peltodoris atromaculata'' (Doridoidea: Nudibranchia)". Marine Biology.
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