Platydoris

Platydoris is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae. These nudibranchs are large and often brightly coloured, but normally live concealed beneath rocks or loose coral, feeding on sponges. During the night they become more active, searching for new food sources or mates. Many species were described in the 19th century and a revision in 2002 added six new species.

==Species== Species in the genus Platydoris include: Platydoris angustipes (Mörch, 1863) Platydoris annulata Dorgan, Valdes & Gosliner, 2002 Platydoris argo (Linnaeus, 1767) - type species of the genus Platydoris Platydoris carinata Risbec, 1928 Platydoris carolynae Mulliner & Sphon, 1974 Platydoris cinereobranchiata Dorgan, Valdes & Gosliner, 2002 Platydoris cruenta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) Platydoris dierythros Fahey & Valdés, 2003 Platydoris ellioti (Alder & Hancock, 1864) Platydoris esakii (Baba, 1936) Platydoris formosa (Alder & Hancock, 1864) Platydoris galbana Burn, 1958 Platydoris guarani Lima & Simone, 2018 Platydoris inframaculata (Abraham, 1877) Platydoris inornata Dorgan, Valdes & Gosliner, 2002 Platydoris macfarlandi Hanna, 1951 Platydoris ocellata Dorgan, Valdés & Gosliner, 2002 Platydoris pulchra Eliot, 1904 Platydoris rolani Dorgan, Valdés & Gosliner, 2002 Platydoris sabulosa Dorgan, Valdés & Gosliner, 2002 Platydoris sanguinea Bergh, 1905 Platydoris scabra (Cuvier, 1804) Platydoris spongilla Risbec, 1928 Platydoris striata (Kelaart, 1858) Platydoris tabulata Abraham, 1877 - nomen dubium