Gymnodoris ceylonica
(Kelaart, 1858)
Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Family: Gymnodorididae
PHOTO
Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. PHOTO: Scott Johnson.
First reported by Kelaart from Sri Lanka this widespread Indo-West Pacific species was next reported from the Society Islands in the western Pacific by Pease (as Trevelyana picta). It is characterised by the translucent white body with small bright orange-red spots and large orange-lined white gills.
Reference:
• Kelaart, E.F. (1858). Description of a new Ceylonese nudibranch. Annals & Magazine of Natural History, (Ser.3), 1(4): 257-258, Pl. 10B.
Rudman, W.B., 1999 (September 5) Gymnodoris ceylonica (Kelaart, 1858). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/gymnceyl
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