Mollusks · La Saladita, Guerrero

Sandalwood Dorid

Acanthodoris lutea

Spanish: nudibranquio de piel de naranja

Sandalwood Dorid (Acanthodoris lutea)
Photographed by olivia_v on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

Acanthodoris lutea, the orange-peel doris, is a species of nudibranch or sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidorididae. Most often recorded in Jul.

TaxonomyGastropoda › Nudibranchia › Acanthodorididae
Local records1 research-grade observation within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records1,883 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2023 – 2023
Months recorded near La Saladita
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Recent local sightings

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Cite as: “Sandalwood Dorid (Acanthodoris lutea) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/acanthodoris-lutea/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.