Carminodoris bifurcata Baba, 1993
Description
A medium-sized Dorididae, holotype body length 35 mm (live). Body elliptical to slightly elongate-oval and soft. The dorsum is covered with close-set rounded tubercles that appear granular and vary in size; unlike Doris nodulosa, the median part of the dorsum is not naked. Rhinophoral sheaths each with two valves. Six tripinnate gills, the posteriormost on each side bifid. Gill-cavity with a tuberculate margin. Oral tentacles digitate.Distribution
Type locality: Seto, Kii (Wakayama Pref., Japan); type material also from Seto (Kii), Sagami Bay (Nishino-zaki, Arazaki and Karigaya-zaki near Nagai) and Boso, Chiba (Kominato). Subsequently recorded from the Philippines and Hawaii.Etymology
The most distinctive character of the species is the structure of the first lateral tooth, which bears a bifid tip; the specific name bifurcata ("two-pronged") is taken from this feature.Remarks
Externally similar to Doris nodulosa and Doris pustulata, but distinguished by the bifid first lateral tooth. Subsequently transferred to Hoplodoris, but currently accepted as Carminodoris on WoRMS.References
- Carminodoris bifurcata n. sp. センリョウウミウシ（新種・新称）, Baba K. & Hamatani I. (1961). ON TWO SPECIES OF DORIOPSIS (SYN. CTENODORIS) FROM JAPAN (NUDIBRANCHIA-DORIDIDAE). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 9(1): 63-65. https://doi.org/10.5134/174662
- センリョウウミウシ, 鈴木敬宇. (2000). ウミウシガイドブック〈2〉. 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.
- Hoplodoris bifurcata (= Carminodoris bifurcata), Fahey S.J. & Gosliner T.M. (2003). Mistaken identities: on the Discodorididae genera Hoplodoris Bergh, 1880 and Carminodoris Bergh, 1889 (Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4. 54(10): 169-208.
- センリョウウミウシ, 小野篤司. (2004). 沖縄のウミウシ. ラトルズ.
- センリョウウミウシ, 中野理枝. (2004). 本州のウミウシ. ラトルズ.
- Carminodoris bifurcata, Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2015). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific. New World Pubns Inc.
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Same Genus Nudibranchs
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