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Doridomorpha gardineri nudibranch

Doridomorpha gardineri is commonly referred to as nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Doridomorpha gardineri 17mm, Kwajalein


Courtesy of the author Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater . Please visit www.underwaterkwaj.com for more information.

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lexID:
10476 
AphiaID:
597100 
Scientific:
Doridomorpha gardineri 
German:
Nacktschnecke 
English:
Nudibranch 
Category:
Naaktslakken 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Doridomorphidae (Family) > Doridomorpha (Genus) > gardineri (Species) 
Initial determination:
Eliot, 1903 
Occurrence:
Australia, Fiji, Indian Ocean, Japan, Papua New Guinea 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
0 - 5 Meter 
Habitats:
On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0" - 0.39" (0,4cm - 1,2cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 71.6 °F (°C - 22°C) 
Food:
Coral polyps = corallivorous, Food specialist, Predatory 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-07-26 17:12:45 

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Doridomorpha gardineri Eliot, 1903

The body is brown or yellowish with white spots.It's a very cryptic nudibranch.Doridomorpha gardineri feeds exclusively on the blue coral Heliopora caerulea.

Synonymised names
Doridoeides gardineri (Eliot, 1903) · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

  1. Slugside.us (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. UnderwaterKwaj, Homepage Scott & Jeanette Johnson (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Spawn

Doridomorpha gardineri - Although we did not actually see these being laid, we think these are the eggs of Doridomorpha.

Commonly

Doridomorpha gardineri,Semporna Malaysia - June 2025
Doridomorpha gardineri 17mm, Kwajalein

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