Genus: Glossodoris Ehrenberg 1831

Type species: Doris xantholeuca Ehrenberg 1831 = Glossodoris pallida (Rüppell & Leuckart 1830), by monotypy, Red Sea

Diagnosis: Chromodorid nudibranchs with a broad body and semi-permanent series of undulations around mantle margin. Oral tentacles short. Gill often forming double spirally arranged branches. Jaw rodlets unifid or bifid. Radular teeth with small denticles or entirely lacking denticles. Reproductive system with bursa copulatrix and receptaculum seminis of equal size. Receptaculum inserting directly into bursa rather than vagina. Prostate and ejaculatory portions of vas deferens elongate. Penis unarmed.