Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California

Compiled & photographed by Gary McDonald, Long Marine Laboratory, University of California, Santa Cruz
Acanthodoris lutea MacFarland, 1925             
Orange-peel Dorid
Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia: Doridina: Anadoridoidea: Onchidorididae
Geographic Range: Vancouver British Columbia, Canada, to Cabo Colnett, Baja California, Mexico. Synonyms:
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Pigeon Pt., San Mateo Co., CA; 18 Feb 2008; 32 mm total length.

Description: Dorsum orange to orange-red, with small yellow flecks and numerous large papillae. Rhinophores long with about 20-26 lamellae. Branchial plumes 9, bipinnate, greyish-white.
Size: Typically about 25mm in length, but may reach 39mm.
Notes: May emit pungent odor of cedar when handled. Jeff Goddard reports that it feeds on the bryozoan, Alcyonidium sp.
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Pigeon Pt., San Mateo Co., CA; 18 Feb 2008; 32mm total length.		 Acanthodoris_lutea_0055
Pigeon Pt., San Mateo Co., CA; 11 Dec 2008; 27mm total length.
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Pigeon Pt., San Mateo Co., CA; 11 Dec 2008; 27mm total length.		 Acanthodoris_lutea_slide_002.jpg
Pigeon Pt., San Mateo Co., CA; 3 Nov 1975; 35mm total length.

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