Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Doriopsilla janaina
doridáceo anaranjado, Orange doris
Length: 25 mm; width: 14 mm.
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), intertidal and subtidal.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Nudibranchia
Suborder
Euctenidiacea
Superfamily
Phyllidioidea
Family
Dendrodorididae
Genus
Doriopsilla
Species
janaina
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Gulf of California to Panamá, Mexico and Ecuador including Galapagos Islands
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Gosliner, T.M. (1991) The Opisthobranch Gastropod Fauna of the Galapagos Islands. In: M.J. James (ed.): Galápagos marine invertebrates. Taxonomy, biogeography, and evolution in Darwin´s islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 281-305.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 pp.
- Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Doriopsilla janaina", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8734. Accessed 16 June 2026.