Southern New England Nudibranchs

Nudibranchs are Paul's favorite animals. Here are some of the local species. We are not experts on these animals. So we may have misidentified some of them. If you find an error, email us and we will correct it.

Dorids, the most numerous nudibranchs, are able to retract their gills into a gill pocket.

Barnacle-eating onchidoris, Onchidoris bilamellata

Fuzzy onchidoris, Onchidoris muricata

White Atlantic cadlina, Cadlina laevis

Yellow-edge cadlina, Cadlina luteomarginata

Pleurobranchs are side-gill sea slugs, or notospideas, typically found in tidal and subtidal areas worldwide.

Pleurobranchaea tarda

Dendronotids have elongated bodies with numerous branching cerata on their dorsal sides. The cerata contain extensions for the digestive gland which vary in extent between species. The head has an oral veil having branching extensions. The lamellate rhinophores are surrounded by a sheath and branches extensions.

Frond aeolis (bushy-backed) nudibranch, Dendronotus frondosus