Carminodoris nodulosa (Angas, 1864)

Description

A medium-sized dorid reaching about 32 mm in body length and 21 mm in width. The body is oval and in life the ground colour is pale brownish-orange. The mantle is covered with numerous prominent nodules or tubercles, somewhat raised on the central part of the dorsum, with a few smooth interspaces. The gills are eight, large, branched, and the same colour as the mantle. Angas's type was a single specimen 32 mm long and 21 mm wide, collected at Coodgee Bay on 12 April.

Distribution

South-eastern Australia. Type locality: Coodgee Bay, New South Wales, based on a single specimen collected by Angas during 1858–1860.

Etymology

The specific epithet nodulosa is the feminine of Latin nodulosus ("with small knots, nodose"), in reference to the numerous prominent nodules covering the mantle. The meaning is consistent with Angas's Latin diagnosis "pallio nodulis numerosis prominulis exasperato" ("the mantle roughened with numerous prominent nodules").

Remarks

Originally placed by Angas in Doris. Later transferred to Carminodoris; the parentheses in the author citation reflect this generic transfer.

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References

• Doris nodulosa Angas n. sp., Angas G.F. (1864). Description d'espèces nouvelles appartenant à plusieurs genres de Mollusques Nudibranches des environs de Port-Jackson (Nouvelle-Galles du Sud), accompagnée de dessins faits d'après nature. Journal de Conchyliologie, 12(1): 43-70, pl. IV.
• Hoplodoris nodulosa, 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.