Hawaiian Sea Slugs

Most of these photos of Hawaiian slugs were taken between 1977 and 1981, then again from 1984 through 1985. Most diving was done around the island of Oahu, although I made several trips to Puako on the Big Island and relocated there full time for research from late 1980 through mid 1981. Study site descriptions on both islands are linked throughout the pages, but are mostly based on conditions when the studies were conducted. Driving around Oahu recently, I saw that some of those sites had physically changed.

For a more complete treatment of Hawaiian slugs, don't miss the excellent Sea Slugs of Hawaii website.

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Nudibranchia

Chromodorididae

Ardeadoris poliahu	Ardeadoris scottjohnsoni	Ardeadoris tomsmithi
Ardeadoris sp. h199	Ardeadoris ? sp. h104	Ceratosoma tenue
Ceratosoma ? sp. h113	Ceratosoma ? sp. h248	Chromodoris aspersa
Chromodoris sp. h136	Glossodoris rufomarginata	Goniobranchus albopunctatus
Goniobranchus albopustulosus	Goniobranchus decorus	Goniobranchus verrieri
Goniobranchus vibratus	Goniobranchus sp. h132	Goniobranchus sp. h205
Hypselodoris alboterminata	Hypselodoris bertschi	Hypselodoris imperialis
Hypselodoris infucata	Hypselodoris insulana	Hypselodoris maridadilus
Hypselodoris paulinae	Hypselodoris peasei	Hypselodoris violabranchia
Miamira sinuata	Thorunna daniellae	Thorunna kahuna
Verconia varians	Verconia sp. h150

Actinocyclidae

Actinocyclus verrucosus

Dorididae

Aldisa pikokai	Aldisa sp. h151	Doris nucleola
Doris pecten	Doris sp. h162

Discodorididae

Asteronotus cespitosus	Atagema echinata	Atagema intecta
Atagema scabriuscula	Carminodoris bifurcata	Carminodoris cf flammea
Carminodoris grandiflora	Diaulula ? sp. h112	Discodoris cebuensis
Discodoris lilacina	Discodorid sp. h117a	Geitodoris? sp. h110
Halgerda dalanghita	Halgerda paliensis	Halgerda terramtuentis
Hiatodoris fellowsi	Jorunna alisonae	Jorunna cf ramicola
Paradoris sp. h256	Peltodoris rubra	Platydoris formosa
Platydoris inornata	Platydoris sp. h163	Platydoris sp. h276
Rostanga? sp. h111	Rostanga sp. h124	Rostanga? sp. h271
Sclerodoris rubicunda	Sclerodoris cf tuberculata	Sclerodoris sp. 2
Thordisa? sp. h213	Thordisa? sp. h258

Uncertain cryptobranch dorids

Discodorid sp. e117c

Discodorid sp. h212

Dendrodorididae

Dendrodoris albopurpura	Dendrodoris carbunculosa	Dendrodoris elongata
Dendrodoris fumata	Dendrodoris krusensternii	Dendrodoris nigra
Dendordoris tuberculosa	Dendrodoris sp. h149	Dendrodoris sp. h257
Doriopsilla sp. h254	Doriopsilla sp. h109	Doriopsilla sp. h268

Phyllidiidae

Ceratophyllidia sp. h216	Phyllidia polkadotsa	Phyllidia scottjohnsoni
Phyllidia varicosa	Phyllidia sp. h277	Phyllidiella pustulosa
Phyllidiella rosans	Phyllidiopsis cardinalis	Phyllidiopsis fissurata
Phyllidiopsis loricata	Phyllidiopsis sphingis

Hexabranchidae

Hexabranchus aureomarginatus

Hexabranchus sandwichensis

Gymnodorididae

Gymnodoris alba	Gymnodoris bicolor	Gymnodoris okinawae
Gymnodoris sp. h171	Gymnodoris sp. h105

Polyceridae

Roboastra gracilis	Tambja morosa	Plocamopherus maculatus
Kaloplocamus ramosus

Facelinidae

Caloria indica	Caloria sp. h185a	Caloria sp. h246
Facelina sp. h193	Facelina sp. h103	Facelinella semidecora
Favorinus japonicus	Godiva sp. h260	Pleurolidia juliae
Pteraeolidia semperi

Aeolidiidae

Anteaeolidiella cf takanosimensis	Anteaeolidiella cacaotica	Baeolidia moebii
Baeolidia salaamica	Bulbaeolidia alba	Bulbaeolidia paulae
Limenandra confusa	Limenandra rosanea	Spurilla braziliana

Arminidae

Dermatobranchus piperoides

Proctonotidae

Janolus toyamensis

Bornellidae

Bornella cf stellifer

Tritoniidae

Marioniopsis hawaiiensis

Tritoniopsis sp. h102

Tethydidae

Melibe pilosa

Scyllaeidae

Notobryon wardi

Acteonoidea – acteonids

Amplustridae

Bullina lineata	Hydatina amplustre	Hydatina physis
Micromelo scriptus

Cephalaspidea – bubble shells and relatives

Bullidae

Bulla peasiana

Haminoeidae

Atys kuhnsi	Atys semistriata	Haloa crocata
Lamprohaminoea cymbalum	Liloa mongii	Phanerophthalmus perpallidus
Smaragdinella calyculata

Aglajidae

Biuve fulvipunctata	Chelidonura alisonae	Chelidonura hirundinina
Philinopsis speciosa	Spinoaglaja orientalis	Tubulophilinopsis pilsbryi
Tubulophilinopsis sp. hc27

Gastropteridae

Siphopteron flavum

Siphopteron quadrispinosum

Siphopteron sp. hc36

Anaspidea – Sea Hares

Aplysiidae

Aplysia argus	Aplysia elongata	Aplysia oculifera
Dolabella auricularia	Dolabrifera dolabrifera	Notarchus indicus
Phyllaplysia lafonti	Stylocheilus longicauda	Stylocheilus striatus

Pleurobranchoidea - Pleurobranchs

Pleurobranchidae

Berthella caledonica	Berthellina delicata	Berthellina sp. 1
Euselenops luniceps	Pleurehdera haraldi	Pleurehdera pellucida
Pleurobranchus grandis	Pleurobranchus cf peronii	Pleurobranchus varians
Tomoberthella martensi