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 11 genera (Ardeadoris, Ceratosoma, Chromodoris, Diversidoris, Doriprismatica, Glossodoris, Goniobranchus, Hypselodoris, Mexichromis, Noumea and Thorunna). Ardeadoris angustolutea Ardeadoris poliahu Ardeadoris scottjohnsoni Ardeadoris tomsmithi Ardeadoris sp. #2 Ardeadoris(?) sp. #4 Ceratosoma tenue Ceratosoma(?) sp. #1 Ceratosoma sp. #2 Chromodoris aspersa Diversidoris flava Doriprismatica atromarginata Glossodoris rufomarginata Goniobranchus albopunctatus Goniobranchus albopustulosus Goniobranchus decorus Goniobranchus petechialis Goniobranchus verrieri Goniobranchus vibratus Goniobranchus sp. #1 Goniobranchus sp. #2 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(?) sp. #3 Miamira sinuata Noumea simplex Noumea varians Noumea sp. #4 Noumea sp. #5 Thorunna daniellae Thorunna cf. halourga Thorunna kahuna
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