Cadlinella ornatissima is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.Caballer, M. (2015). Cadlinella ornatissima (Risbec, 1928). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-18.Rudman W.B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81 (2/3): 115-273. page(s): 117, 247.

Distribution This species is widespread in the central Indo-Pacific region Rudman, W.B., 1998 (December 8) Cadlinella ornatissima (Risbec, 1928). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum. and also occurs off Australia (Queensland).Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp.

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