Diaulula odonoghuei, the spotted leopard dorid, is a species of dorid nudibranch found in the Pacific Ocean. Identified as a cryptic species in 2016, it is differentiated from its sister species Diaulula sandiegensis by having considerably more spots on their mantle.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Northern Leopard Dorid being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Nudibranchia
- Family
- Discodorididae
- Genus
- Diaulula
- Species
- Diaulula odonoghuei
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