Doris hepatica Abraham, 1877 Asteronotus hepaticus is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.

[2] This species was originally described from the Pacific Ocean.

It is known from Vanuatu, Indonesia, the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.

[3] Asteronotus hepaticus is a large dorid nudibranch with a distinctive deep purple colouration.

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