Aldisa albatrossae Elwood, Á. Valdés & Gosliner, 2000
- Location
- Horse Shoes, Okinawa Island (Onna and Yomitan area), Okinawa, Japan
- Date
- 2008/03/11
- Length
- 15mm
- Depth
- 6.0m
- Water temperature
- 20.0℃
Description
Ground color blue-green to green. The dorsum is dotted with white tubercles that are larger on the midline and smaller toward the margin. Each tubercle is the centre of fine white lines that radiate outward. Brown patches occasionally appear around the central tubercles. The rhinophores are translucent white to blue-green with white tips; the gill matches the body color.Distribution
Tropical western Pacific.Etymology
Named after the research vessel USS Albatross, which conducted large-scale Indo-Pacific marine surveys in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Remarks
Family Cadlinidae. Sponge-feeding dorid.References
- シモフリカメサンウミウシ（仮称）, 益田一. (1999). 海洋生物ガイドブック. 東海大学出版会.
- シモフリカメサンウミウシ（仮称）, 小野篤司. (1999). ウミウシガイドブック. TBSブリタニカ.
- シモフリカメサンウミウシ（新称）, 小野篤司. (2000). ウミウシガイドブック. 第2版. TBSブリタニカ.
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Tag:
Same Genus Nudibranchs
Similar Colors Nudibranchs
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