Discodoris cebuensis Bergh, 1877
- Location
- Akinohama, Izu Oshima, Tokyo, Japan
- Date
- 2015/06/01
- Length
- 30mm
- Depth
- 6.0m
- Water temperature
- 19.7℃
Description
A medium-sized dorid, up to 3 cm long and 2.3 cm wide. The body is oval and depressed, with the central dorsum rising prominently above the broad mantle skirt. The ground colour is pale yellowish-white, the dorsum (especially around its central area) mottled with light brownish-grey cloud-like markings. Along the mantle skirt, particularly near its margin, similar diffuse patches show through to the underside; smaller spots of the same colour appear on the underside of the skirt, the dorsal surface of the foot, and the foot sole. Rhinophore tips are yellowish, the stalks the same brownish-grey; the gill is yellowish. The whole dorsum is densely covered with small whitish tubercles with a few larger ones interspersed. The gill consists of one median and on each side two lateral bipinnate plumes, the hindmost deeply bifurcate. Oral tentacles small, flattened and pointed.Distribution
Type locality: off Cebu, Philippines. The species is now known from the tropical Indo-West Pacific.Etymology
The specific epithet cebuensis is a toponymic adjective formed by adding the Latin geographical suffix -ensis to the name of the type locality, Cebu Island, Philippines.Remarks
The species has remained in Discodoris.References
- Discodoris cebuensis Bgh. n. sp., Bergh R. (1877). Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: Semper C. (ed.), Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. II. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Bd. II, Heft XII: 495-546, Taf. LVIII-LXIII. Wiesbaden: C.W. Kreidel's Verlag.
- ムラクモウミウシ（仮称）, 小野篤司. (1999). ウミウシガイドブック. TBSブリタニカ.
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Tag:
Same Genus Nudibranchs
Similar Colors Nudibranchs
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