Summary ⁸

Commonly encountered but commonly confused with the other yellow dorids in our area. The Monterey Dorid can be distinguished from its look-alikes by the dark pigmentation on the tops of some of the papillae or tuburcles and its generally yellow branchial plume. While the color is generally yellow, it can vary from deep, lemony yellow to pale yellow or even white.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Robin Agarwal (ANudibranchMom on iNaturalist), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/30314434@N06/32191508220/
2. (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ken-ichi Ueda, http://www.flickr.com/photos/18024068@N00/3402703555
3. (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/ken-ichi/8265708495/
4. (c) Robin Agarwal (ANudibranchMom on iNaturalist), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/30314434@N06/21555279268/
5. (c) Robin Agarwal (ANudibranchMom on iNaturalist), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/30314434@N06/49207098771/
6. (c) Robin Agarwal (ANudibranchMom on iNaturalist), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/30314434@N06/27286896473/
7. (c) J. Maughn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmaughn/22523074712/
8. (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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