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Mottled dorid

Hypselodoris infucata (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The mottled dorid (Hypselodoris infucata) is a species in the family Chromodorididae, order Nudibranchia.

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Quick facts about the mottled dorid

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the mottled dorid live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mottled dorid as introduced in 4 countries.

  1. Greece
  2. Israel
  3. Lebanon
  4. Türkiye

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the mottled dorid endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the mottled dorid classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderNudibranchia
  5. familyChromodorididae
  6. genusHypselodoris
  7. SpeciesHypselodoris infucata (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830)

Synonyms Brachychlanis pantherina, Chromodoris diardi, Chromodoris runcinata, Chromodoris semperi, Doris diardi, Doris infucata, Glossodoris runcinata

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Black-spotted split-tooth doridEnglish
  • Colourful HypseldorisEnglish
  • Flame-tipped ChromodoridEnglish
  • Mottled dorisEnglish
  • Painted HypselodorisEnglish
  • Doris peinteFrench
  • זרית מקושטתHebrew
  • シモフリイロウミウシJapanese
  • Doris peinturluréeFrench
  • ホシゾラウミウシJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the mottled dorid

Other species in the same genus Hypselodoris.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the mottled dorid an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mottled dorid as introduced in 4 countries: Greece, Israel, Lebanon and Türkiye, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the mottled dorid?

The mottled dorid (Hypselodoris infucata) belongs to the family Chromodorididae in the order Nudibranchia.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Mottled dorid (Hypselodoris infucata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mottled-dorid

MLA

“Mottled dorid (Hypselodoris infucata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mottled-dorid.

BibTeX
@misc{mottled_dorid_2026,
  title = {Mottled dorid (Hypselodoris infucata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mottled-dorid},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}