Chromodoris dianae

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Chromodoris dianae
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Chromodoris dianae
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Chromodoris dianae from Verde Island, the Philippines
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Chromodoris
Species:
C. dianae
Binomial name
Chromodoris dianae
Gosliner & Behrens, 1998 [1]

Chromodoris dianae is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae. [2]

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Distribution

This species is known only from the Philippines, Indonesia and Borneo. [3]

Chromodoris dianae at Verde Island, the Philippines. Chromodoris dianae (AA2).jpg
Chromodoris dianae at Verde Island, the Philippines.
Chromodoris cf. dianae, Batu Niti, Kubu, Karangasem, Bali. Chromodoris sp in Bali 2017-02-04.jpg
Chromodoris cf. dianae, Batu Niti, Kubu, Karangasem, Bali.

Description

Chromodoris dianae can reach a maximum size of 4 cm length. [4] The body is elongate with a foot which is distinct from the upper body by a skirt like mantle partially hiding the foot. This species is very similar in appearance to Chromodoris lochi although it can be distinguished from the latter by the broken black lines, (as opposed to continuous) and the sprinkling of white specks on the notum. [5] [6] [7] Chromodoris dianae has white gills and rhinophores with distinct yellow-orange tips. The original description includes animals which belong to another species (Chromodoris cf. dianae) which are distinguished by a colour pattern which includes gills and rhinophores orange throughout, orange markings at the edge of the mantle and a different pattern of black markings; confirmed as species level differences by DNA sequences. [8] [9] [10]

Ecology

Chromodoris dianae, like many other nudibranchs, feeds on sponges. It has been reported to eat Cacospongia mycofijiensis and Petrosaspongia nigra , both in the family Thorectidae. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Gosliner, Terrence M.; Behrens, D.W. (1998). "Five new species of Chromodoris (Molluscs: Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) from the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 4th series. 50 (5): 139–165.
  2. ↑ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2022). "Chromodoris dianae Gosliner & Behrens, 1998". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  3. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 1998 (April 8) Chromodoris dianae Gosliner & Behrens, 1998. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ↑ Christian Robilliart (19 August 2011) Chromodoris dianae. At Sous les Mers.
  5. ↑ P.L. Beesley, G.J.B. Ross, A. Wells, (1998) Mollusca - The southern synthesis, vol.5, CSIRO, 1998, ISBN   0-643-05756-0
  6. ↑ Behrens, D. W., 2005. Nudibranch behaviour, New World Publications Inc., ISBN   978-1878348418
  7. ↑ Gary Cobb & Richard Willan, Undersea jewels - a colour guide to nudibranchs, Australian Biological Resources Study, 2006, ISBN   0642568472
  8. ↑ Layton, Kara K.S.; Gosliner, Terrence M.; Wilson, Nerida G. (2018). "Flexible colour patterns obscure identification and mimicry in Indo-Pacific Chromodoris nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Chromodorididae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 124: 27–36. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.02.008 . PMID   29476907.
  9. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Jun 25). Comment on Variation? in Chromodoris dianae by Bernard Picton. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  10. ↑ Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á., 2018. Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification - Indo-Pacific. New World Publications; 2nd Revised, Updated edition. 452 pp. ISBN   1878348671, ISBN   978-1878348678, p. 137
  11. ↑ Rudman, W. B.; Bergquist, P. R. (2007). "A review of feeding specificity in the sponge-feeding Chromodorididae (Nudibranchia: Mollusca)". Molluscan Research. 27 (2): 60–88.
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