Dermatobranchus funiculus Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
- Location
- Secret Garden, Anilao, Philippines
- Date
- 2016/04/18
- Length
- 25mm
- Depth
- 14.0m
- Water temperature
- 28.7℃
Description
Body elongate, flattened, narrowing posteriorly. The dorsum bears 12–23 longitudinal ridges that run nearly parallel to the midline but angle towards the mantle margin along the sides of the notum. The oral veil extends forward with blunt corners. Widely spaced rhinophores sit behind the oral veil with longitudinal lamellae on the rounded club; the stalk does not narrow noticeably.Ground colour of the dorsum and dorsal ridges is white to bluish or orange. The oral veil and foot are opaque white with an orange frontal margin. Depressions between the ridges are light grey or orange with dark dots evenly spaced. Dark transverse bands cross the notum beginning approximately halfway from the anterior end. Dark spots of colour are evenly spaced along the mantle edge, and the mantle has a pinkish-orange border. Rhinophore stalks are white and the clubs are dark brown with opaque white to cream lamellae and apex.
Distribution
Okinawa (Japan), Philippines and Papua New Guinea. Type locality: Bethlehem, Maricaban Island, Batangas Province, Luzon, Philippines, 19 m.Etymology
Verbatim from the original description (Gosliner & Fahey, 2011, p.311):The specific name funiculus is from the Latin word for 'thin rope or cord' to describe the appearance of the longitudinal ridges of this species.
Remarks
Externally similar to the Japanese D. cymatilis and D. striatellus Baba, 1976 but distinguished by the dark transverse bands and radular morphology.References
- Dermatobranchus sp. 9 / sp. 18 / sp. 21, Gosliner T.M., Behrens D.W. & Valdés Á. (2008). Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and Sea Slugs: A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, 426 pp.
- Dermatobranchus funiculus sp. nov., GOSLINER T.M. & FAHEY S.J. (2011). Previously undocumented diversity and abundance of cryptic species: a phylogenetic analysis of Indo-Pacific Arminidae Rafinesque, 1814 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) with descriptions of 20 new species of Dermatobranchus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 161(2): 245-356. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00649.x
- Dermatobranchus funiculus, Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2015). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific. New World Pubns Inc.
- オシャレオトメウミウシ（新称）, 中野理枝. (2018). 日本のウミウシ. 文一総合出版.
Featured in this book
Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2018). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific 2nd Edition. New World Pubns Inc.
New World Publications
This species, Dermatobranchus funiculus, is included in the book.
View on Amazon PR (Amazon Associates)Seasonality
Shooting Locations
Loading shooting locations...
Photos of Dermatobranchus funiculus
Tag:
Same Genus Nudibranchs
Dermatobranchus sp. 6
Dermatobranchus sp. 5
Dermatobranchus dendronephthyphagus
Dermatobranchus albineus
Dermatobranchus phyllodes
Dermatobranchus sp. 4
Dermatobranchus sp. 3
Dermatobranchus diagonalis
Dermatobranchus spp.
Dermatobranchus rodmani
Dermatobranchus tuberculatus
Dermatobranchus striatus
Similar Colors Nudibranchs
Academic Database
Sea slug observation data is available in international marine biodiversity databases.