Glossodoris kahlbrocki

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Glossodoris kahlbrocki
Glossodoris kahlbrocki (10.3897-zookeys.770.26378) Plate 5.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Glossodoris
Species:
G. kahlbrocki
Binomial name
Glossodoris kahlbrocki
Yonow, 2018 [1]

Glossodoris kahlbrocki is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. [2]

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Distribution

The type locality for this species is Dahara Wadi Gimal, near Hurghada, Egypt, Red Sea. [1]

Description

This distinctive species has a white body with a narrow bright blue rim to the mantle which grades to dark blue at the edge. The rhinophores and gills are also white, with the inner faces of the gills ochre. [1] [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Yonow N. (2018). Red Sea Opisthobranchia 5: new species and new records of chromodorids from the Red Sea (Heterobranchia, Nudibranchia, Chromodorididae). ZooKeys. 770: 9-42, page 17, fig. 2, pl. 5
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Glossodoris kahlbrocki Yonow, 2018. Accessed on 2019-01-08.
  3. Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN   978-3-939767-06-0 page 189 as Glossodoris sp. 10.
  4. Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á. (2008) Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington, 426 pp. page 238 as Glossodoris sp. 6.