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 Doridoidea > Family Dorididae > Genus Doris

Doris verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Doris*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name
*Doridigitata*	A. d'Orbigny, 1839	synonym
*Doris (Doridigitata)*	A. d'Orbigny, 1839	synonym
*Siraius*	Er. Marcus, 1955	synonym
*Staurodoris*	Bergh, 1878	synonym

Species group names

*Doris biscayensis*	P. Fischer, 1872	synonym
*Doris derelicta*	P. Fischer, 1867	synonym
*Staurodoris bobretzkii*	Gadzikiewicz, 1907	synonym
*Staurodoris verrucosa*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Staurodoris verrucosa var. mollis*	Eliot, 1906	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: sponge seaslug; sponge slug; warty dorid sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.

German: Gelbe Sternschnecke; Warzige Schwammschnecke

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
basis of record	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	Lima P.O.V. & Simone L.R.L. (2015). Anatomical review of Doris verrucosa and redescription of Doris januarii (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) based on comparative morphology. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315415000296I.
additional source	Bouchet P. & Valdés Á. (2000) Case 3088. Doris verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed conservation of the generic and specific names by designation of a neotype. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 57: 74-80.
additional source	Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Franz, D. R. (1970). The distribution of the nudibranch Doris verrucosa Linne in the northwest Pacific. The Nautilus. 83(3): 80-85, fig. 1-3.
additional source	Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
additional source	Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.
additional source	Edmunds, M. (2013). Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Ghana: Dorididae and Cadlinidae. Journal of Conchology. 41(3): 343-357. [Journal running head erroneously dated "2012"].
additional source	Valdés Á. (2002). A phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 136: 535-636.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Doris verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758. 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:139623