Note:

Minuscolo nudibranco  che condivide l'abitat col doride orlato: a lungo è stato considerato una sua variante cromatica.

Tassonomia:

Domain: Eukaryota - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
Kingdom: Animalia - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom: Bilateria - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
Branch: Protostomia - Grobben, 1908
Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca - (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
Class: Gastropoda - Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
Subclass: Orthogastropoda - Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
Superorder: Heterobranchia - J.E. Gray, 1840
Order: Opisthobranchia - Milne-Edwards, 1848
Suborder: Nudibranchia - Blainville, 1814
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea - Gray, 1827
Family: Onchidorididae - Gray, 1827
Genus: Diaphorodoris - Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923
Specific name: papillata - (Portmann i Sandmeier, 1960)
Scientific name: - Diaphorodoris papillata (Portmann i Sandmeier, 1960)