Cape dorid
The Cape dorid is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.
Distribution
This species can found around the marine [heterobranch">marine (ocean)">marine [heterobranch gastropods of South Africa|South Africa]n coast from the Cape Peninsula to the Wild Coast subtidally to at least 20 m. It is probably endemic.Description
The Cape dorid is a white-bodied dorid with a smooth skin. It has opaque white lines along the notum and irregular reddish-orange spots. It has a broken blue-purple margin. It has eight gills arranged around the anus and its rhinophores are perfoliate. The rhinophores and gill edges are orange. It may reach a total length of 50 mm.This species is very similar in appearance to Hypselodoris carnea.