Glossodoris rufomarginata
(Bergh, 1890)

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Family: Chromodorididae

DISTRIBUTION

Tropical Indo-West Pacific.

PHOTO

UPPER: Heron Is., Queensland, Australia. August 1985. PHOTO: Bill Rudman.
MIDDLE: 32mm long alive, Mbudya Is, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, November 1976. PHOTO: Bill Rudman.
LOWER: Bonege, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, November 1983. PHOTO: I. Knight.

This species of Glossodoris is characterised externally by the orange-brown speckled pattern on the mantle, the orange-brown mantle border and the broad white submarginal band.

References:
• Rudman, W.B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 81: 115-273.
• Rudman, W.B. (1985) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris aureomarginata, C. verrieri and C. fidelis colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 83: 241-299.
• 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(2): 101-184.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 23) Glossodoris rufomarginata (Bergh, 1890). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/glosrufo

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