Ceratodoris tenuifibrata (Paz-Sedano & Pola, 2021)

Description

Ground colour is translucent white, with numerous white scratch-like lines covering the dorsum. The mantle margin bears a row of white club-shaped papillae, and similar papillae are scattered over the notum. Rhinophores carry posterior lamellae and are translucent white with brown tips. Gills are likewise tipped with brown. Body reaches about 8 mm.

Distribution

Japan (known localities at the time of description).

Etymology

From Latin tenuis (slender) + fibra (fibre), meaning "with slender fibres".

Remarks

Described by Paz-a 2021 revision within Ceratodoris, a genus split from Okenia (Goniodorididae) on molecular and morphological grounds.

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References

• Okenia tenuifibrata Paz-Sedano & Pola, sp. nov., Paz-Sedano S., Wilson N.G., Carmona L., Gosliner T.M. & Pola M. (2021). An ocean yet to be discovered: increasing systematic knowledge of Indo-Pacific Okenia Menke, 1830 (Nudibranchia : Goniodorididae). Invertebrate Systematics. 35(7): 797-825. https://doi.org/10.1071/is20088
• Paz-Sedano S., Moles J., Smirnoff D., Gosliner T.M. & Pola M. (2024). A combined phylogenetic strategy illuminates the evolution of Goniodorididae nudibranchs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 192: 107990. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107990