Diversidoris flava (Eliot, 1904)
- Location
- Nazumado, Hachijo Island, Tokyo, Japan
- Date
- 2018/10/11
- Length
- 10mm
- Depth
- 20.0m
- Water temperature
- 26.0℃
Description
Ground colour bright lemon yellow. The outermost edge of the mantle is rimmed by a fine red line that is irregular in thickness and may be discontinuous. The mantle is constricted in the middle, giving it a gourd-like outline. Rhinophores and gill leaves are also lemon yellow. Reaches 15 mm in length.Distribution
Indian, western and central Pacific Oceans. Recorded from Tanzania, the Red Sea, Australia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Marshall Islands, Japan and Hawaii. The type locality is East Africa / Zanzibar.Etymology
The specific epithet flava is the Latin for "yellow" and refers to the bright lemon-yellow body colour.Remarks
Originally described as Chromodoris flava Eliot, 1904 in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Transferred from Noumea to Diversidoris by Johnson & a 2012 paper on the basis of molecular phylogeny.References
A Kindle field guide by the site author
Kimoto N. (2026). Sea Slugs of Japan & the Indo-Pacific, 2nd Edition.
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Tag:
Same Genus Nudibranchs
Similar Colors Nudibranchs
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