Glossodoris moerchi

Glossodoris moerchi is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.^[3]

Glossodoris moerchi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Glossodoris
Species:	G. moerchi
Binomial name
Glossodoris moerchi (Bergh, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
Chromodoris mörchii Bergh, 1879 Goniodoris picturata Mörch, 1863[2]

Distribution

The type locality for this species is Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Caribbean Sea.^[1]

Description

Glossodoris moerchi is most likely to be a species of Felimare as Mörch describes it as similar to Felimare villafranca but with a network of lines formed of rounded, triangular or hexagonal spots.^[2] The name Glossodoris moerchi was introduced by Bergh because Goniodoris picturata was preoccupied.^[4]