Chromodoris magnifica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
- Location
- Kirby's Rock, Anilao, Philippines
- Date
- 2016/04/20
- Length
- 30mm
- Depth
- 8.0m
- Water temperature
- 29.0℃
Description
A bold-coloured chromodorid reaching about 90 mm in length. The body is white, with the mantle bordered from the outermost edge inwards by a fine white line, a broad orange band, and an inner white band; within these the mantle is white to pale blue and is crossed by three black longitudinal stripes that are often fragmented or irregular. The rhinophores and gill plume are orange. Some individuals appear largely white and lack the bold pattern. The animal is reported to move rapidly.Distribution
Western Pacific. Type locality: Doreh Bay (port Dorey), Manokwari, in what is now West Papua, Indonesia. Records also include Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Japan.Etymology
The specific epithet magnifica is the Latin feminine of magnificus, "magnificent" or "splendid". The original describers introduced their description by remarking that this was "the most elegant Doris of all those we have seen". The Japanese vernacular name "Shiraito-umiushi" likens the white band running around the mantle edge to a white thread (shiraito).References
- Doris magnifica, Quoy J.R.C. & Gaimard J.P. (1832-1834). Mollusques. In: Dumont d'Urville J. (ed.) Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, Zoologie. Tome 2, parts 1 (1832) & 2 (1833). J. Tastu, Paris.
- ボケブトクロスジウミウシ（仮称）, 益田一. (1999). 海洋生物ガイドブック. 東海大学出版会.
- シライトウミウシ, 益田一. (1999). 海洋生物ガイドブック. 第2刷. 東海大学出版会.
- マグニフィカ, 小野篤司. (1999). ウミウシガイドブック. TBSブリタニカ.
- クロモドリス・マグニフィカ, 殿塚孝昌. (2003). ウミウシガイドブック〈3〉. TBSブリタニカ.
- シライトウミウシ, 小野篤司. (2004). 沖縄のウミウシ. ラトルズ.
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- シライトウミウシ, 小野篤司 & 加藤昌一. (2009). ウミウシ. 誠文堂新光社.
- Chromodoris magnifica, Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012). Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: a molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479.
- Chromodoris magnifica, Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2015). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific. New World Pubns Inc.
- Chromodoris magnifica, Layton K.K., Gosliner T.M. & Wilson N.G. (2018). Flexible colour patterns obscure identification and mimicry in Indo-Pacific Chromodoris nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Chromodorididae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 124: 27-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.02.008
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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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