Murphydoris cobbi Paz-Sedano, Smirnoff, Candás, Gosliner & Pola, 2022
- Location
- Tulamben, Pulau Bali, Indonesia
- Date
- 2016/11/20
- Length
- 5mm
- Depth
- 18.0m
- Water temperature
- 28.0℃
Description
Body white. A dark brown line encircles the posterior side of each rhinophore and broadens laterally. In some individuals small brown spots are scattered randomly on the flanks and on the middle and posterior parts of the lateral processes. The lateral processes share the white body colour. Rhinophores translucent white.Distribution
New Caledonia, the Philippines, Australia.Etymology
Dedicated to Gary Cobb, an Australian sea-slug researcher and photographer.Remarks
Murphydoris is a genus of small cryptic Goniodorididae. Paz-Sedano et al. 2022 revised the genus and described several new species including the present one.References
- Goniodoridella sp. 7, 中野理枝. (2018). 日本のウミウシ. 文一総合出版.
- Goniodoridella sp. 8, Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2018). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific 2nd Edition. New World Pubns Inc.
- Goniodoridella sp. 6, 小野篤司 & 加藤昌一. (2020). 新版 ウミウシ. 誠文堂新光社.
- Murphydoris cobbi sp. nov., Paz-Sedano, S., Smirnoff, D., Candás, M., Gosliner, T.M. & Pola, M. (2022). Rediscovering the overlooked genus Murphydoris (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae): the first phylogeny and addition of four new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab122., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab122
- 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
- PAZ-SEDANO S., COBB G., GOSLINER T.M. & POLA M. (2024). Filling gaps in the knowledge of Goniodorididae taxa (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) with description of seven new species. Zootaxa. 5443(4): 523-547. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.3
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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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