Doris odhneri

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Dorididae
Genus: Doris
Species: D. odhneri

D. odhneri's common name is Giant White Dorid. It is the largest nudibranch on the California coast getting up to 20 cm. It is hermaphroditic fertilizing its own eggs. It spawned eggs in white ribbons pictured below. The ribbons form spirals that attach to the substrate. Each capsule in the ribbon may have 8 to 12 eggs. The eggs below appear to have two to four embryos each.

Egg Photo Credit to Chris Lowe

Egg Ribbon of Peltodoris nobilis as example of ribbon spiral.

D. odhneri egg ribbon.

Doris odhneri: adults.

-Monica Erviti