Glossodoris cincta
(Bergh, 1888)

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Superfamily: EUDORIDOIDEA
Family: Chromodorididae

DISTRIBUTION

Indo-West Pacific

PHOTO

UPPER: Banc Japonais, off Nickel Refinery, Nouméa, New Caledonia, 14m, 14 October 1988. Photo: Bill Rudman.
LOWER LEFT: Christmas Is., Indian Ocean, 28mm long. december 1980. Photo: J.Hicks.
LOWER RIGHT: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 51mm long alive, June 1976. Photo: Bill Rudman.

This widespread Indo-West Pacific species seems to have three regional colour forms. The southwest Pacific form (upper right photo) has a mottled brown body with bluish white (outer), then black, then yellow (inner) bands on the heavily folded mantle edge, and the foot. The Philippines - Indonesia colour form (lower left photo) has a bluish outer band on the mantle edge but the inner black and yellow lines tend to merge into a dull khaki band. The East African animals (lower right photo) lack a distinct bluish white band at the mantle edge.

Reference:
• Rudman, W.B. (1986) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: the genus Glossodoris Ehrenbergh (= Casella, H.& A. Adams). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 86: 101-184.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2000 (March 20) Glossodoris cincta (Bergh, 1888). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/gloscinc

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