Gymnodoris ceylonica

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Gymnodoris ceylonica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Genus: Gymnodoris
Species:
G. ceylonica
Binomial name
Gymnodoris ceylonica
(Kelaart, 1858) [1]
Synonyms [2]

Trevelyana ceylonica Kelaart, 1858 (basionym)

Gymnodoris ceylonica is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. [2] [3]

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Distribution

This species occurs in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean. [3]

Description

Gymnodoris ceylonica has a translucent white body which is covered with many orange spots. It has translucent orange-lined white gills and orange rhinophores. The foot is translucent white and edged with an orange margin.

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References

  1. Kelaart, E.F. (1858). "Description of a new Ceylonese nudibranch." Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Ser.3), 1(4): 257-258, Pl. 10B.
  2. 1 2 Gymnodoris ceylonica (Kelaart, 1858) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 10 January 2019.
  3. 1 2 "The Sea Slug Forum - Gymnodoris ceylonica". 15 July 2010.