Aegires exeches Fahey & Gosliner, 2004
- Location
- Otchogahama, Hachijo Island, Tokyo, Japan
- Date
- 2018/05/16
- Length
- 10mm
- Depth
- 13.0m
- Water temperature
- 23.0℃
Description
Body elongate with a pointed posterior foot. The dorsum is covered with numerous compound tubercles, so that the entire body appears to be composed of tubercles. Each tubercle is elongate, narrowing slightly before flaring into a flat, mushroom-like top from which several spicules project. The rhinophore pockets are very long and consist of two to three tall apical tubercles plus a row of smaller outer tubercles. Ground colour ranges from white to greyish-green and greyish-brown, with scattered blue or brown spots between the tubercles.Distribution
Reported from Hawaii, Japan, Papua New Guinea, the Marshall Islands and the Great Barrier Reef of Australia.Etymology
The specific epithet exeches is from Greek exechos ("jutting out, projecting, prominent"), referring to the prominent compound tubercles on the dorsum.Remarks
A small sponge-feeding dorid.References
- センニンウミウシ, 小野篤司. (1999). ウミウシガイドブック. TBSブリタニカ.
- 高岡生物研究会. (2002). 日本海のウミウシ. 第2版.
- センニンウミウシ, 小野篤司. (2004). 沖縄のウミウシ. ラトルズ.
- センニンウミウシ, 中野理枝. (2004). 本州のウミウシ. ラトルズ.
- Aegires exeches, Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2015). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific. New World Pubns Inc.
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Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2018). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific 2nd Edition. New World Pubns Inc.
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