Description: This nudibranch is pale yellow in colour. There is a network of paler channels connecting the mantle tubercles, the tips of the tubercles may be dark brown to pale purple in colour. The largest specimen recorded was 45mm in length.

Habitat: Although it is thought that Doris sticta is a sponge eating dorid, its dietary preference is unknown.

Distribution: This southern species has been found occasionally on the west coast of Ireland, at Skomer Island, South Wales, Lundy and along the coasts of the English Channel and south to the Mediterranean.

Similar Species: A distinctive species quite unlike any other in the British Isles.

Key Identification Features:

• Yellow with purple tipped mantle tubercles.
• A network of channels that connect the tubercles.

Distribution Map from NBN: Doris sticta at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Doris sticta at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

GBIF data for Doris sticta

WoRMS: Doris sticta at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Doris sticta (Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923). AphiaID: 139622.

Classification: Biota; Animalia; Mollusca; Gastropoda; Heterobranchia; Euthyneura; Ringipleura; Nudipleura; Nudibranchia; Doridina; Doridoidei; Doridoidea; Dorididae; Doris