Lorenzo Facchin says:
Gymnodoris rubropapulosa (Bergh, 1905)
Distribution: tropical Indo-Pacific.
Remarks: translucent white with red or orange rings or spots on pustula, variable in size and density, and distinct orange margin along foot edge; gills and rhinophores white with red or orange. May comprise several different species.
Lenght: 60mm
Lorenzo Facchin says:
Chromodoris lochi (Rudman, 1982)
Distribution: West Pacific: Philippines to Australia and east to Fijian Islands.
Remarks: whitish blue-grey with white border; black stripes edged with blue, outer usually stripe complete; gills and rhinophores purplish to pinkish white. Several simile species are confused under this name that appear to be undescribed.
Lenght: 30mm
Lorenzo Facchin says:
Chromodoris gemina (Rudman, 1987)
Distribution: Widespread Indian Ocean and Red Sea.
Remarks: yellow to brownish with many blue-edged black ocelli, the area encircles by a distinct yellow edge parallel to mantle edge, mantle edge white with a dusky to blue or purplish submarginal stripe; rhinophores yellow to orange; gills white with dusky edges on branches. Distinguished from similar species by the yellow and dusky submarginal bands.
Lenght: 50mm
Lorenzo Facchin says:
Hypselodoris kanga (Rudman, 1977)
Distribution: West Pacific, Indonesia from Bali to Sulawesi, Kong Kong and probably Philippines.
Remarks: bluish grey with many yellow-orange spots and some black to blue spots, scattered amongst or mainly along edge of mantle and foot; rhinophores blue with red and gills usually with series of yellow spots along its branches.
Usually confused with a form of Hypselodoris infucata that co-occurs with this species in Bali. H. manga can be distinguished from that species by its dark-purple and red rhinophores and having series of yellow spots on gills.
Lenght: 55mm
Lorenzo Facchin says:
Nembrotha rutilans (Pruvot-Fol, 1931)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific.
Remarks: ground color usually white with dark brown to black saddle-line patches on top, sometimes made-up of lines; blue margin along foot and mouth; gills red with blue or pink below with yellow at base; rhinophores as gills color and blue to purple rings at bases with yellow adjacent to it.
May involve several species. Described from the Great Barrier Reef.
Lenght: 60mm
Lorenzo Facchin says:
?Hypselodoris whitei (Adams & Reeve, 1850)?
Distribution: Pacific, eastern Australia to Vietnam and Marshall Islands.
Remarks: white to cream with brown lines thickening at regular intervals forming pattern of elongated spots, gills and rhinophores brown with white tips. Referred to as Hypselodoris mouaci until recently, but this species and the above may comprise additional species.
Lenght: 40mm
Lorenzo Facchin says:
Phyllidia ocellata (Cuvier, 1804)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific.
Remarks: extremely variable, body can be vivid yellow with white or grey pustules, some large black rings on sides, or black spread over mantle below yellow pustules and black margin usually off-set by white margins, and sometimes just black or yellow with yellow or white pustules; rhinophores always yellow to orange.
A common and widespread species on tropical reefs.
Lenght: 70mm
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