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  • Introduction
    • What is an Opisthobranch?
    • Anatomy of the opisthobranchs
    • Coloration: Defense strategy
    • Feeding and radula
    • Sensory organs and rhinophores
    • Breathing, cerata and gills
    • Reproduction
    • Taxonomy
      • Classic taxon
    • Glossary
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      • Catalonia (Spain)
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    • Visual Catalog
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  • Guide to Opistobranchs
    • Acochlidiimorpha
    • Acteonimorpha
    • Aplysiida
    • Architectonicoidea
    • Cephalaspidea
      • Bulloidea
      • Cylichnoidea
      • Haminoeoidea
      • Philinoidea
    • Nudibranchia
      • Doridina
        • Doridoidei
          • Doridoidea
          • Onchidoridoidea
          • Phyllidioidea
          • Polyceroidea
        • Bathydoridoidei
      • Cladobranchia
        • Aeolidioidea
        • Arminoidea
        • Dendronotoidea
        • Doridoxoidea
        • Fionoidea
        • Proctonotoidea
        • Tritonioidea
        • Unassigned Cladobranchia
    • Pleurobranchida
    • Pteropoda
      • Euthecosomata
      • Pseudothecosomata
      • Gymnosomata
    • Ringiculimorpha
    • Runcinida
    • Sacoglossa
      • Oxynooidea
      • Plakobranchoidea
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  • RECENT PUBLICATIONS

    • Thordisa filix 26/03/2023
    • Thordisa azmanii 26/03/2023
    • Stiliger llerae 07/03/2023
    • Polycera hedgpethi 28/02/2023
    • Plocamopherus maderae 28/02/2023
    • Hydatina physis 28/02/2023
    • Algarvia alba 27/02/2023
    • Calmella gaditana 17/02/2023
    • Calmella cavolini 17/02/2023
    • Doriopsilla areolata 14/02/2023
    • Polycera norvegica 09/02/2023
    • Polycera faeroensis 06/02/2023
    • Polycera kernowensis 05/02/2023
    • Polycera quadrilineata 05/02/2023
    • Doriopsilla rarispinosa 29/01/2023
  • RECENT ARTICLES

    • ”Resurrecting” species: the case of the sea slug Dendrodoris temarana 16/01/2023
    • How to distinguish Trinchesia with blue and yellow cerata 16/03/2022
    • New guide on the sea slugs from Thau lagoon (France) 12/11/2021
    • New molecular techniques for taxonomic determination in Heterobranchia 12/08/2021
    • The sea slugs of Barcelona 25/07/2020
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    • Introduction to Opisthobranchs
      • What is an Opisthobranch?
      • Anatomy of the opisthobranchs
      • Coloration: Defense strategy
      • Feeding and radula
      • Sensory organs and rhinophores
      • Breathing, cerata and gills
      • Reproduction
      • Taxonomy
        • Classic taxon
      • Glossary
      • Alien Species
      • Visual Catalog
      • Species by geographic zone
        • Catalonia (Spain)
        • Straits of Gibraltar
        • Croatia
      • Most frequent species
    • Guide to Opisthobranchs
      • Acochlidiimorpha
        • Asperspina loricata
        • Hedylopsis spiculifera
        • Microhedyle glandulifera
        • Pontohedyle milaschewitchii
      • Aplysiida
        • Akera bullata
        • Aplysia dactylomela
        • Aplysia depilans
        • Aplysia fasciata
        • Aplysia juliana
        • Aplysia morio
        • Aplysia parvula
        • Aplysia punctata
        • Bursatella leachii
        • Dolabrifera edmundsi
        • Notarchus indicus
        • Notarchus punctatus
        • Petalifera petalifera
        • Phyllaplysia lafonti
        • Stylocheilus striatus
        • Syphonota geographica
      • Acteonimorpha
        • Acteon incisus
        • Acteon monterosatoi
        • Acteon tornatilis
        • Callostracon amabile
        • Crenilabium exile
        • Hydatina physis
        • Japonactaeon pusillus
        • Micromelo undatus
        • Rapturella globulina
      • Architectonicoidea
        • Heliacus fallaciosus
      • Cephalaspidea
        • Bulloidea
          • Acteocina crithodes
          • Acteocina mucronata
          • Bulla arabica
          • Bulla striata
          • Pyrunculus fourierii
          • Pyrunculus hoernesi
          • Pyrunculus ovatus
          • Retusa crossei
          • Retusa desgenettii
          • Retusa laevisculpta
          • Retusa leptoeneilema
          • Retusa mammillata
          • Retusa minutissima
          • Retusa obtusa
          • Retusa truncatula
          • Retusa umbilicata
          • Volvulella acuminata
          • Volvulella ovulina
        • Cylichnoidea
          • Cylichna alba
          • Cylichna cylindracea
          • Diaphana globosa
          • Diaphana minuta
          • Mnestia girardi
        • Haminoeoidea
          • Aliculastrum cylindricum
          • Atys blainvillianus
          • Atys brocchii
          • Haloa japonica
          • Haminoea elegans
          • Haminoea exigua
          • Haminoea hydatis
          • Haminoea navicula
          • Haminoea orbignyana
          • Haminoea orteai
          • Lamprohaminoea ovalis
          • Roxaniella jeffreysi
          • Weinkauffia macandrewii
          • Weinkauffia turgidula
        • Philinoidea
          • Aglaja tricolorata
          • Biuve fulvipunctata
          • Camachoaglaja africana
          • Chelidonura cubana
          • Colpodaspis pusilla
          • Gastropteron rubrum
          • Hermania scabra
          • Laona pruinosa
          • Laona quadrata
          • Laona ventricosa
          • Melanochlamys miqueli
          • Melanochlamys wildpretii
          • Philine angulata
          • Philine catena
          • Philine intricata
          • Philine iris
          • Philine monterosati
          • Philine punctata
          • Philine quadripartita
          • Philine striatula
          • Philinoglossa helgolandica
          • Philinopsis depicta
          • Philinopsis speciosa
          • Retusophiline lima
          • Roxania utriculus
          • Scaphander lignarius
          • Scaphander punctostriatus
      • Nudibranchia
        • Doridina
          • Doridoidei
            • Doridoidea
              • Aporodoris millegrana
              • Aldisa banyulensis
              • Aldisa smaragdina
              • Aldisa zetlandica
              • Atagema gibba
              • Atagema rugosa
              • Atagema spongiosa
              • Baptodoris cinnabarina
              • Cadlina laevis
              • Cadlina pellucida
              • Carminodoris boucheti
              • Chromodoris quadricolor
              • Discodoris rosi
              • Discodoris stellifera
              • Doris adrianae
              • Doris bertheloti
              • Doris ocelligera
              • Doris pseudoargus
              • Doris sticta
              • Doris verrucosa
              • Felimare bilineata
              • Felimare cantabrica
              • Felimare fontandraui
              • Felimare gasconi
              • Felimare orsinii
              • Felimare picta
              • Felimare tricolor
              • Felimare villafranca
              • Felimida binza
              • Felimida clenchi
              • Felimida edmundsi
              • Felimida elegantula
              • Felimida goslineri
              • Felimida krohni
              • Felimida luteopunctata
              • Felimida luteorosea
              • Felimida purpurea
              • Gargamella perezi
              • Geitodoris bacalladoi
              • Geitodoris bonosi
              • Geitodoris perfossa
              • Geitodoris planata
              • Geitodoris portmanni
              • Geitodoris pusae
              • Geitodoris rubens
              • Goniobranchus annulatus
              • Goniobranchus obsoletus
              • Halgerda willeyi
              • Hypselodoris infucata
              • Hypselodoris pulchella
              • Jorunna efe
              • Jorunna evansi
              • Jorunna onubensis
              • Jorunna spazzola
              • Jorunna tomentosa
              • Paradoris indecora
              • Peltodoris atromaculata
              • Peltodoris punctifera
              • Platydoris argo
              • Rostanga anthelia
              • Rostanga rubra
              • Taringa armata
              • Taringa faba
              • Taringa pinoi
              • Tayuva lilacina
              • Thordisa azmanii
              • Thordisa filix
            • Onchidoridoidea
              • Acanthodoris pilosa
              • Adalaria proxima
              • Ancula gibbosa
              • Corambe obscura
              • Corambe testudinaria
              • Diaphorodoris alba
              • Diaphorodoris luteocincta
              • Diaphorodoris papillata
              • Goniodoris castanea
              • Goniodoris nodosa
              • Knoutsodonta albonigra
              • Knoutsodonta depressa
              • Knoutsodonta inconspicua
              • Knoutsodonta neapolitana
              • Knoutsodonta pictoni
              • Knoutsodonta pusilla
              • Knoutsodonta sparsa
              • Okenia aspersa
              • Okenia elegans
              • Okenia hispanica
              • Okenia impexa
              • Okenia leachii
              • Okenia longiductis
              • Okenia mediterranea
              • Okenia mica
              • Okenia miramarae
              • Okenia picoensis
              • Okenia problematica
              • Okenia zoobotryon
              • Onchidoris bilamellata
              • Trapania fusca
              • Trapania graeffei
              • Trapania hispalensis
              • Trapania lineata
              • Trapania luquei
              • Trapania maculata
              • Trapania orteai
              • Trapania pallida
              • Trapania sanctipetrensis
              • Trapania tartanella
            • Phyllidioidea
              • Dendrodoris fumata
              • Dendrodoris grandiflora
              • Dendrodoris herytra
              • Dendrodoris limbata
              • Dendrodoris temarana
              • Doriopsilla areolata
              • Doriopsilla pelseneeri
              • Doriopsilla rarispinosa
              • Phyllidia flava
              • Phyllidiopsis bayi
            • Polyceroidea
              • Aegires leuckartii
              • Aegires palensis
              • Aegires punctilucens
              • Aegires sublaevis
              • Crimora papillata
              • Kaloplocamus ramosus
              • Limacia clavigera
              • Limacia iberica
              • Limacia inesae
              • Martadoris mediterranea
              • Palio dubia
              • Palio nothus
              • Plocamopherus maderae
              • Plocamopherus ocellatus
              • Plocamopherus tilesii
              • Polycera aurantiomarginata
              • Polycera elegans
              • Polycera faeroensis
              • Polycera hedgpethi
              • Polycera kernowensis
              • Polycera norvegica
              • Polycera quadrilineata
              • Polycerella emertoni
              • Tambja ceutae
              • Tambja marbellensis
              • Thecacera pennigera
              • Tyrannodoris europaea
          • Bathydoridoidei
        • Cladobranchia
          • Aeolidioidea
            • Aeolidia filomenae
            • Aeolidia papillosa
            • Aeolidiella alderi
            • Aeolidiella glauca
            • Aeolidiella sanguinea
            • Algarvia alba
            • Anteaeolidiella indica
            • Anteaeolidiella lurana
            • Babakina anadoni
            • Baenopsis baetica
            • Baeolidia moebii
            • Berghia coerulescens
            • Berghia columbina
            • Berghia creutzbergi
            • Berghia marinae
            • Berghia verrucicornis
            • Caloria elegans
            • Caloria indica
            • Caloria quatrefagesi
            • Cerberilla bernadettae
            • Cratena peregrina
            • Dicata odhneri
            • Facelina annulicornis
            • Facelina auriculata
            • Facelina bostoniensis
            • Facelina dubia
            • Facelina fusca
            • Facelina rubrovittata
            • Facelina schwobi
            • Facelina vicina
            • Facelinopsis marioni
            • Favorinus blianus
            • Favorinus branchialis
            • Favorinus ghanensis
            • Favorinus vitreus
            • Glaucus atlanticus
            • Godiva quadricolor
            • Learchis poica
            • Limenandra nodosa
            • Nanuca occidentalis
            • Nanuca trainitoi
            • Nemesignis banyulensis
            • Phidiana lynceus
            • Phidiana militaris
            • Piseinotecus soussi
            • Piseinotecus sphaeriferus
            • Pruvotfolia pselliotes
            • Spurilla neapolitana
          • Arminoidea
            • Armina loveni
            • Armina maculata
            • Armina neapolitana
            • Armina tigrina
          • Dendronotoidea
            • Dendronotus frondosus
            • Doto alidrisi
            • Doto caballa
            • Doto cervicenigra
            • Doto coronata
            • Doto cuspidata
            • Doto dunnei
            • Doto eireana
            • Doto floridicola
            • Doto fragaria
            • Doto fragilis
            • Doto furva
            • Doto koenneckeri
            • Doto lemchei
            • Doto maculata
            • Doto millbayana
            • Doto paulinae
            • Doto pinnatifida
            • Doto pita
            • Doto pygmaea
            • Doto rosea
            • Doto tuberculata
            • Doto verdicioi
            • Hancockia uncinata
            • Lomanotus barlettai
            • Lomanotus genei
            • Lomanotus marmoratus
            • Melibe viridis
            • Scyllaea pelagica
            • Tethys fimbria
          • Fionoidea
            • Amphorina andra
            • Amphorina farrani
            • Amphorina linensis
            • Amphorina pallida
            • Calma glaucoides
            • Calma gobioophaga
            • Calmella cavolini
            • Calmella gaditana
            • Carronella pellucida
            • Catriona aurantia
            • Catriona maua
            • Coryphella verrucosa
            • Coryphellina rubrolineata
            • Cumanotus beaumonti
            • Cuthona nana
            • Cuthona perca
            • Cuthona thompsoni
            • Cuthona willani
            • Edmundsella pedata
            • Embletonia pulchra
            • Eubranchus amazighi
            • Eubranchus capellinii
            • Eubranchus cingulatus
            • Eubranchus doriae
            • Eubranchus exiguus
            • Eubranchus prietoi
            • Eubranchus tricolor
            • Eubranchus vittatus
            • Fiona pinnata
            • Fjordia chriskaugei
            • Fjordia insolita
            • Fjordia lineata
            • Flabellina affinis
            • Flabellina dushia
            • Luisella babai
            • Microchlamylla gracilis
            • Paraflabellina gabinierei
            • Paraflabellina ischitana
            • Rubramoena amoena
            • Tenellia adspersa
            • Tergipes tergipes
            • Trinchesia albopunctata
            • Trinchesia caerulea
            • Trinchesia cuanensis
            • Trinchesia foliata
            • Trinchesia genovae
            • Trinchesia granosa
            • Trinchesia miniostriata
            • Trinchesia morrowae
            • Trinchesia ocellata
          • Doridoxoidea
          • Proctonotoidea
            • Antiopella cristata
            • Janolus hyalinus
            • Proctonotus mucroniferus
          • Tritonioidea
            • Duvaucelia lineata
            • Duvaucelia manicata
            • Duvaucelia odhneri
            • Duvaucelia plebeia
            • Duvaucelia striata
            • Marionia blainvillea
            • Marionia gemmii
            • Tritonia callogorgiae
            • Tritonia coralliumrubri
            • Tritonia hombergii
            • Tritonia taliartensis
            • Tritoniopsis cincta
          • Unassigned Cladobranchia
            • Madrella aurantiaca
            • Phylliroe lichtensteinii
      • Pleurobranchida
        • Berthella africana
        • Berthella aurantiaca
        • Berthella ocellata
        • Berthella perforata
        • Berthella plumula
        • Berthella stellata
        • Berthella sideralis
        • Berthellina citrina
        • Berthellina edwardsii
        • Pleurobranchaea meckeli
        • Pleurobranchus forskalii
        • Pleurobranchus membranaceus
        • Pleurobranchus testudinarius
        • Pleurobranchus reticulatus
        • Quijote cervantesi
      • Pteropoda
        • Euthecosomata
          • Cavolinia gibbosa
          • Cavolinia globulosa
          • Cavolinia inflexa
          • Cavolinia tridentata
          • Cavolinia uncinata
          • Clio cuspidata
          • Clio pyramidata
          • Creseis acicula
          • Creseis conica
          • Creseis virgula
          • Cuvierina columnella
          • Diacavolinia limbata
          • Diacavolinia longirostris
          • Diacria trispinosa
          • Heliconoides inflatus
          • Hyalocylis striata
          • Limacina bulimoides
          • Limacina helicina
          • Limacina lesueurii
          • Limacina retroversa
          • Styliola subula
        • Pseudothecosomata
          • Corolla spectabilis
          • Cymbulia peronii
          • Peracle reticulata
        • Gymnosomata
          • Clione limacina
          • Cliopsis krohnii
          • Pneumoderma mediterraneum
          • Pneumoderma violaceum
      • Ringiculimorpha
        • Ringicula auriculata
        • Ringicula buccinea
        • Ringicula conformis
        • Ringicula minutula
      • Runcinida
        • Runcina adriatica
        • Runcina africana
        • Runcina avellana
        • Runcina bahiensis
        • Runcina brenkoae
        • Runcina capreensis
        • Runcina coronata
        • Runcina ferruginea
        • Runcina hansbechi
        • Runcina ornata
        • Runcina zavodniki
      • Sacoglossa
        • Oxynooidea
          • Ascobulla fragilis
          • Lobiger serradifalci
          • Oxynoe olivacea
          • Oxynoe viridis
        • Plakobranchoidea
          • Aplysiopsis elegans
          • Aplysiopsis formosa
          • Bosellia mimetica
          • Caliphylla mediterranea
          • Caliphylla viridis
          • Calliopaea bellula
          • Cyerce cristallina
          • Cyerce graeca
          • Elysia fezi
          • Elysia flava
          • Elysia gordanae
          • Elysia hetta
          • Elysia manriquei
          • Elysia ornata
          • Elysia papillosa
          • Elysia rubeni
          • Elysia subornata
          • Elysia timida
          • Elysia tomentosa
          • Elysia translucens
          • Elysia viridis
          • Ercolania coerulea
          • Ercolania viridis
          • Hermaea bifida
          • Hermaea cantabra
          • Hermaea paucicirra
          • Hermaea variopicta
          • Limapontia capitata
          • Limapontia senestra
          • Mourgona borgninii
          • Placida brevicornis
          • Placida cremoniana
          • Placida dendritica
          • Placida tardyi
          • Placida verticilata
          • Placida viridis
          • Stiliger llerae
          • Thuridilla hopei
          • Thuridilla mazda
      • Umbraculida
        • Tylodina perversa
        • Tylodina rafinesquii
        • Umbraculum umbraculum
      • Unidentified Opisthobranchs
        • Aglaja sp1
        • Berthella sp2
        • Cuthona sp2
        • Doridacean 001
        • Doridacean 002
        • Doridacean 003
        • Doridacean 004
        • Doridacean 005
        • Doridacean 006
        • Doridacean 007
        • Doridacean 008
        • Doto sp.
        • Duvaucelia sp.
        • Flabellina sp1
        • Flabellina sp2
        • Flabellina sp3
        • Haminoea 001
        • Haminoea 002
        • Rubramoena sp.
        • Runcina sp.
        • Trapania sp.
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        • The Secret World of Sea Slugs
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The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
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