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Description
Doridomorpha is an accepted nudibranch genus in the family Doridomorphidae, which contains only this genus and a single species, Doridomorpha gardineri. It is a small (about 13 mm), hemispherical, greyish-blue slug that lives and feeds on the blue coral Heliopora in the Indo-West Pacific (type locality: the Maldives). Research from 2020 places it near Doridoxa and Heterodoris (superfamily Doridoxoidea) and close to the Arminidae, rather than among typical dorids.
Identification
The body is hemispherical and greyish blue, closely matching the host blue coral Heliopora caerulea, and only about 1.3 cm long. Because the genus has a single species, finding such a slug on a living Heliopora colony is the main practical clue.
Species in this genus (1)
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