Aegires flores Fahey & Gosliner, 2004
- Location
- Otchogahama, Hachijo Island, Tokyo, Japan
- Date
- 2018/05/16
- Length
- 15mm
- Depth
- 6.0m
- Water temperature
- 23.0℃
Description
Body elongate and slightly rounded. The dorsum is completely covered with small raised tubercles, some flat-topped and others rounded. The rhinophore-sheath and gill-protective appendages are flower-like — diagnostic for this species. Ground color varies from greyish white through yellow to reddish brown. Rhinophores translucent white to yellow with minutely bifid tips; gill also translucent white to yellow.Distribution
Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Sulawesi, the Philippines, and Japan.Etymology
The specific name flores is from the Latin word meaning blossom, referring to the shape of the rhinophore and gill protective appendages of this species.Remarks
A small sponge-feeding dorid.References
- キュウバンウミウシ, 小野篤司. (2004). 沖縄のウミウシ. ラトルズ.
- キュウバンウミウシ, 中野理枝. (2004). 本州のウミウシ. ラトルズ.
- Aegires flores, Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2015). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific. New World Pubns Inc.
- ハナサキセンヒメウミウシ（新称）, 中野理枝. (2018). 日本のウミウシ. 文一総合出版.
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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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