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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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