Glossodoris plumbea
(Pagenstecher, 1877)

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

DISTRIBUTION

Known only from the Red Sea and Tanzania. Possibly restricted to western Indian Ocean.

PHOTO

Ras Kankadya, Tanzania. 55mm long alive, May 1974. Lower photos showing features of the head and gills. PHOTOS: Bill Rudman.

Mantle brown or reddish-brown with speckling of white. Mantle edge has a broad diffuse inner band of yellow, then a narrow irregular band of greenish blue, and right at the edge a band of black.

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

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2000 (March 29) Glossodoris plumbea (Pagenstecher, 1877). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/glosplum