in synonymy with the senior Diaulula; thus Schrödl
(2003) briefly discussed this species under Diaulula
variolata. While members of Diaulula are supposed
to have special caryophyllidid tubercles, Valdés
& Muniain (2002) could not find caryophyllidiid
tubercles as earlier described from D. variolata by
Marcus (1959) in their material available, and thus
transferred the species to the caryophyllidiid-lacking
genus Peltodoris. However, having caryophyllidiid
(small) tubercles, a generic placement of D. variolata
within Diaulula may be justified until comprehensive
genetic data is available on dorid nudibranchs
confirming or rejecting current morphology-based
classification.