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title: "San Diego Dorid"
description: "Diaulula sandiegensis — Weitere Tiere. Diaulula sandiegensis, commonly known as the San Diego dorid or the ringed dorid, is a species of sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the suborder Doridina and the family Discodorididae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/san-diego-dorid
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# San Diego Dorid

> Diaulula sandiegensis — Weitere Tiere. Diaulula sandiegensis, commonly known as the San Diego dorid or the ringed dorid, is a species of sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the suborder Doridina and the family Discodorididae.

- Scientific name: *Diaulula sandiegensis*
- Category: `other` (Weitere Tiere)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 10089
- Wikidata: [Q3167364](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3167364)
- iNaturalist taxon: [508884](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/508884)

## Names

- en: San Diego Dorid
- es: Dórido de San Diego

## Countries with the most observations

US (9664), CA (211), MX (14)

## Summary

Diaulula sandiegensis, commonly known as the San Diego dorid or the ringed dorid, is a species of sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the suborder Doridina and the family Discodorididae.
The specific epithet sandiegensis means "of San Diego", referring to the Southern California city.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaulula_sandiegensis

## Photo

![San Diego Dorid](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/san-diego-dorid/medium.jpg)

Photo: Steph Brulot-Sawchyn · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/259473807

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/san-diego-dorid?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).