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Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Onchidorididae

Genus: Acanthodoris

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14 species (see list below)
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Acanthodoris armata
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Acanthodoris atrogriseata
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Max. Length 1.5 cm TL
 
Acanthodoris brunnea
[Brown spiny doris]
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Acanthodoris caerulescens
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Max. Length 1.8 cm DL
 
Acanthodoris falklandica
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Max. Length 2 cm TL
 
Acanthodoris hudsoni
[Hudson's horned dorid]
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Max. Length 3 cm TL
 
Acanthodoris lutea
[Orange-peel doris]
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Acanthodoris metulifera
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Cowles, David

Eastern Pacific. Tropica
Max. Length 2.5 cm TL
Acanthodoris nanaimoensisO'Donoghue, 1921

Photo by Cowles, David
 
Acanthodoris nanaimoensis
[Wine-plumed doris]
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Acanthodoris nanega
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Greenfield, Jim

Atlantic Ocean, Eastern P
Max. Length 2 cm TL
Acanthodoris pilosa(Abildgaard, 1789)

Photo by Greenfield, Jim
 
Acanthodoris pilosa
[Hairy spiny doris]
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Max. Length 1.5 cm TL
 
Acanthodoris pina
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Max. Length 2.8 cm TL
 
Acanthodoris rhodoceras
[Black-tipped spiny doris]
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Max. Length 2.2 cm DL
 
Acanthodoris vatheleti
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