Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Ringipleura > Superorder Nudipleura > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Doridina > Infraorder Doridoidei > Superfamily Phyllidioidea > Family Dendrodorididae > Genus Dendrodoris

Dendrodoris nigra (W. Stimpson, 1855)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dendrodoris*	Ehrenberg, 1831	accepted genus name
*Doris (Dendrodoris)*	Ehrenberg, 1831	synonym

Species group names

*Doris nigra*	W. Stimpson, 1855	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: White-spotted Sucking Dorid sources: Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). Southern African Sea Slugs. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.

Japanese: ホンクロシタナシウミウシ

Literature

basis of record	Brodie, G. D.; Willan, R. C.; Collins, J. D. (1997). Taxonomy and occurrence of Dendrodoris nigra and Dendrodoris fumata (Nudibranchia: Dendrodorididae) in the Indo-West Pacific region. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 63 (4): 407-423.
additional source	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
additional source	Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Aquatic Invasions. 2(4): 281-312.
additional source	Burn, R. F. (2006). A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Reports. 10:1–42.
additional source	Maniei, F. & Wägele, H. (2024). Dendrodorididae (Heterobranchia, Nudibranchia) from Persian Gulf with a description of a new species of Doriopsilla and remarks on the family. European Journal of Taxonomy. 943: 179-217.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
additional source	Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). Southern African Sea Slugs. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
additional source	Yonow N. (2017). Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 16. The Nudibranchia - Dendronotina, Arminina, Aeolidina, and Doridina (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 146(1): 135-172.
additional source	Hirose M., Hirose E. & Kiyomoto M. (2015). Identification of five species of Dendrodoris (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) from Japan, using DNA barcode and larval characters. Marine Biodiversity. 45(4): 769-780.
additional source	Yonow N. (2012) Opisthobranchs from the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species and ten new records (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys 197: 1–129. [22 May 2012]

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dendrodoris nigra (W. Stimpson, 1855). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139519