Opisthobranch speciesThe following list represent species likely to be seen around the British Isles. Not all can be seen, or have been recorded, around Scotland. |
Supra-order OPISTHOBRANCHIA |
| Order CEPHALASPIDEA |
| Family Diaphanidae |
| Colpodaspis M. Sars, 1870 |
| Colpodaspis pusilla M. Sars, 1870 |
| Family Philinidae |
| Philine Ascanius, 1772 |
| Philine aperta (Linnaeus, 1767) |
| Order GYMNOSOMATA |
| Family Clionidae |
| Clione Pallas, 1774 |
| Clione limacina (Phipps, 1774) |
| Order NOTASPIDEA |
| Family Pleurobranchidae |
| Berthella Blainville, 1825 |
| Berthella plumula (Montagu, 1803) |
| Berthella sideralis Lovén, 1846 |
| Pleurobranchus Cuvier, 1804 |
| Pleurobranchus membranaceus (Montagu, 1815) |
| Order NUDIBRANCHIA |
| Family Goniodorididae |
| Goniodoris Forbes & Goodsir, 1839 |
| Goniodoris castanea Alder & Hancock, 1845 |
| Goniodoris nodosa (Montagu, 1808) |
| Family Okeniidae |
| Okenia Menke, 1830 |
| Okenia aspersa (Alder & Hancock, 1845) |
| Okenia elegans (Leuckart, 1828) |
| Okenia leachii (Alder & Hancock, 1854) |
| Ancula Lovén, 1846 |
| Ancula gibbosa (Risso, 1818) |
| Trapania Pruvot-Fol, 1931 |
| Trapania maculata Haefelfinger, 1960 |
| Trapania pallida Kress, 1968 |
| Trapania tartanella (Ihering, 1886) |
| Family Onchidorididae |
| Onchidoris Blainville, 1816 |
| Onchidoris bilamellata (Linnaeus, 1767) |
| Onchidoris depressa (Alder & Hancock, 1842) |
| Onchidoris inconspicua (Alder & Hancock, 1851) |
| Onchidoris muricata (O F Müller, 1776) |
| Onchidoris oblonga (Alder & Hancock, 1845) |
| Onchidoris pusilla (Alder & Hancock, 1845) |
| Onchidoris sparsa (Alder & Hancock, 1846) |
| Diaphorodoris Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923 |
| Diaphorodoris luteocincta (M Sars, 1870) |
| Acanthodoris J E Gray, 1850 |
| Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in O F Müller, 1789) |
| Adalaria Bergh, 1878 |
| Adalaria loveni (Alder & Hancock, 1862) |
| Adalaria proxima (Alder & Hancock, 1854) |
| Family Triophidae |
| Crimora Alder & Hancock, 1862 |
| Crimora papillata Alder & Hancock, 1862 |
| Family Aegiretidae |
| Aegires Lovén, 1844 |
| Aegires punctilucens (Orbigny, 1837) |
| Family Polyceridae |
| Polycera Cuvier, 1817 |
| Polycera faeroensis Lemche, 1929 |
| Polycera quadrilineata (O F Müller, 1776) |
| Greilada Bergh, 1894 |
| Greilada elegans Bergh, 1894 |
| Limacia O F Müller, 1781 |
| Limacia clavigera (O F Müller, 1776) |
| Palio J E Gray, 1857 |
| Palio dubia (M Sars, 1829) |
| Palio nothus (Johnston, 1838) |
| Thecacera Fleming, 1828 |
| Thecacera pennigera (Montagu, 1813) |
| Family Chromodorididae |
| Cadlina Bergh, 1878 |
| Cadlina laevis (Linnaeus, 1767) |
| Family Aldisidae |
| Aldisa Bergh, 1878 |
| Aldisa zetlandica (Alder & Hancock, 1854) |
| Family Rostangidae |
| Rostanga Bergh, 1879 |
| Rostanga rubra (Risso, 1818) |
| Family Dorididae |
| Doris Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Doris ocelligera Bergh, 1881) |
| Doris pseudoargus (Rapp, 1827) |
| Doris sticta (Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923) |
| Family Archidorididae |
| Atagema J E Gray, 1850 |
| Atagema gibba Pruvot-Fol, 1951 |
| Family Discodorididae |
| Geitodoris Bergh, 1891 |
| Geitodoris planata (Alder & Hancock, 1846) |
| Family Kentrodorididae |
| Jorunna Bergh, 1876 |
| Jorunna tomentosa (Cuvier, 1804) |
| Family Arminidae |
| Armina Rafinesque, 1814 |
| Armina loveni (Bergh, 1860) |
| Family Janolidae |
| Janolus Bergh, 1884 |
| Janolus cristatus (delle Chiaje, 1841) |
| Janolus hyalinus (Alder & Hancock, 1854) |
| Proctonotus Alder, 1844 |
| Proctonotus mucroniferus (Alder & Hancock, 1844) |
| Family Heroidae |
| Hero Alder & Hancock, 1855 |
| Hero formosa (Lovén, 1841) |
| Family Tritoniidae |
| Tritonia Cuvier, 1797 |
| Tritonia hombergii (Cuvier, 1803) |
| Tritonia lineata (Alder & Hancock, 1848) |
| Tritonia manicata (Deshayes, 1853) |
| Tritonia nilsodhneri (Marcus, 1983) |
| Tritonia plebeia (Johnston, 1828) |
| Family Lomanotidae |
| Lomanotus Verany, 1844 |
| Lomanotus genei Verany, 1846 |
| Lomanotus marmoratus (Alder & Hancock, 1845) |
| Family Scyllaeidae |
| Scyllaea Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Scyllaea pelagica Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Family Hancockiidae |
| Hancockia Gosse, 1877 |
| Hancockia uncinata (Hesse, 1872) |
| Family Dendronotidae |
| Dendronotus Alder & Hancock, 1845 |
| Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774) |
| Dendronotus lacteus (Thompson, 1840) |
| Family Dotidae |
| Doto Oken, 1815 |
| Doto coronata (Gmelin, 1791) |
| Doto cuspidata Alder & Hancock, 1862 |
| Doto dunnei Lemche, 1976 |
| Doto eireana Lemche, 1976 |
| Doto fragilis (Forbes, 1838) |
| Doto hydrallmaniae Morrow, Thorpe & Picton, 1992 |
| Doto hystrix Picton & Brown, 1981 |
| Doto koenneckeri Lemche, 1976 |
| Doto lemchei Ortea & Urgorri, 1978 |
| Doto maculata (Montagu, 1804) |
| Doto millbayana Lemche, 1976 |
| Doto onusta Hesse, 1872 |
| Doto pinnatifida (Montagu, 1804) |
| Doto sarsiae Morrow, Thorpe & Picton, 1992 |
| Doto tuberculata Lemche, 1976 |
| Family Embletoniidae |
| Embletonia Alder & Hancock, 1851 |
| Embletonia pulchra (Alder & Hancock, 1844) |
| Family Flabellinidae |
| Flabellina Voigt, 1834 |
| Flabellina browni Picton, 1980 |
| Flabellina gracilis (Alder & Hancock, 1844) |
| Flabellina lineata (Lovén, 1846) |
| Flabellina pedata (Montagu, 1815) |
| Flabellina pellucida (Alder & Hancock, 1843) |
| Flabellina verrucosa (M Sars, 1829) |
| Family Tergipedidae |
| Tergipes Cuvier, 1805 |
| Tergipes tergipes (Forsskål, 1775) |
| Catriona Winckworth, 1941 |
| Catriona gymnota (Couthouy, 1838) |
| Tenellia A Costa, 1866 |
| Tenellia adspersa (Nordmann, 1844) |
| Trinchesia Ihering, 1879 |
| Trinchesia amoena (Alder & Hancock, 1845) |
| Trinchesia caerulea (Montagu, 1804) |
| Trinchesia concinna (Alder & Hancock, 1843) |
| Trinchesia foliata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1839) |
| Trinchesia genovae (O'Donoghue, 1926) |
| Trinchesia nana (Alder & Hancock, 1842) |
| Trinchesia pustulata (Alder & Hancock, 1854) |
| Trinchesia rubescens Picton & Brown, 1978 |
| Trinchesia viridis (Forbes, 1840) |
| Family Eubranchidae |
| Eubranchus Forbes, 1838 |
| Eubranchus doriae (Trinchese, 1874) |
| Eubranchus exiguus (Alder & Hancock, 1848) |
| Eubranchus farrani (Alder & Hancock, 1844) |
| Eubranchus pallidus (Alder & Hancock, 1842) |
| Eubranchus tricolor Forbes, 1838 |
| Eubranchus vittatus (Alder & Hancock, 1842) |
| Family Cumanotidae |
| Cumanotus Odhner, 1907 |
| Cumanotus beaumonti (Eliot, 1906) |
| Family Fionidae |
| Fiona Alder & Hancock in Forbes & Hanley, 1851 |
| Fiona pinnata (Eschscholtz, 1831) |
| Family Calmidae |
| Calma Alder & Hancock, 1855 |
| Calma glaucoides (Alder & Hancock, 1854) |
| Family Pseudovermidae |
| Pseudovermis Periaslavzeff, 1891 |
| Pseudovermis boadeni Salvini-Plawen & Sterrer, 1968 |
| Family Facelinidae |
| Facelina Alder & Hancock, 1855 |
| Facelina annulicornis (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821) |
| Facelina auriculata (O F Müller, 1776) |
| Facelina bostoniensis (Couthouy, 1838) |
| Facelina dubia Pruvot-Fol, 1949 |
| Caloria Trinchese, 1888 |
| Caloria elegans (Alder & Hancock, 1845) |
| Family Favorinidae |
| Favorinus J E Gray, 1850 |
| Favorinus blianus Lemche & Thompson, 1974 |
| Favorinus branchialis (Rathke, 1806) |
| Dicata Schmekel, 1967 |
| Dicata odhneri Schmekel, 1967 |
| Family Aeolidiidae |
| Aeolidia Cuvier, 1798 |
| Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761) |
| Aeolidiella Bergh, 1867 |
| Aeolidiella alderi (Cocks, 1852) |
| Aeolidiella glauca (Alder & Hancock, 1845) |
| Aeolidiella sanguinea (Norman, 1877) |
| Order SACOGLOSSA |
| Family Aplysiidae |
| Aplysia Linnaeus, 1767 |
| Aplysia fasciata Poiret, 1789 |
| Aplysia punctata (Cuvier, 1803) |
| Family Elysiidae |
| Elysia Risso, 1818 |
| Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804) |
| Family Hermaeidae |
| Hermaea Lovèn, 1844 |
| Hermaea bifida (Montagu, 1815) |
| Family Stiligeridae |
| Placida |
| Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843) |