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. It is the largest Indo-Pacific nudibranch family, with more than 600 species, and it is well-represented in Hawaii with at least 41 species in eight genera (Ardeadoris, Ceratosoma, Chromodoris, Glossodoris, Hypselodoris, Noumea, Risbecia and Thorunna). Ardeadoris scottjohnsoni Ceratosoma sinuatum Ceratosoma tenue Ceratosoma(?) sp. #1 Ceratosoma sp. #2 Chromodoris albopunctata Chromodoris albopustulosa Chromodoris aspersa Chromodoris decora Chromodoris petechialis Chromodoris verrieri Chromodoris vibrata Chromodoris sp. #1 Chromodoris sp. #2 Chromodoris(?) sp. #4 Chromodoris sp. #5   Chromodoris(?) sp. #6 Glossodoris atromarginata  Glossodoris poliahu Glossodoris rufomarginata  Glossodoris tomsmithi Glossodoris sp. #2 Hypselodoris alboterminata Hypselodoris bertschi Hypselodoris infucata Hypselodoris insulana Hypselodoris maridadilus Hypselodoris paulinae Hypselodoris peasei Hypselodoris violabranchia  Noumea angustolutea Noumea flava Noumea simplex Noumea varians Noumea(?) sp. #3 Noumea sp. #4 Noumea sp. #5 Risbecia imperialis Thorunna daniellae Thorunna cf. halourga Thorunna kahuna
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