Doris januarii
# Doris januarii

Doris januarii is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dorididae.

## Taxonomic history

This species was described by Rudolph Bergh in 1878 but considered to be a synonym of Doris verrucosa by von Ihering, 1886 and subsequent authors. A detailed anatomical comparison of these species concluded that they were distinct species.

## Distribution

This species occurs on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Brazil, from Pernambuco to São Paulo.

## Ecology

This species lives at depths up to 12 m in the rocky subtidal region, near areas covered by the encrusting sponge Hymeniacidon heliophila (Parker, 1910) during the reproductive season.

