Glossodoris dendrobranchia
Rudman, 1990
Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Family: Chromodorididae
DISTRIBUTION
Known only from Great Barrier Reef.
PHOTO
Horseshoe Reef, Swain Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, July 1986, 101 mm long alive, Holotype. PHOTO: Bill Rudman.
RELATED TOPIC
Known only from a couple of specimens, this species is one of the 'G. atromarginata group' of species with a high, very rigid muscular body, with a narrow radular ribbon. It is characterised by its brown body and whitish mantle border, and branched gills which give it its name. See also the similarly coloured Glossodoris cf. atromarginata.
References:
• Rudman, W.B. (1986a) 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.
• Rudman, W.B. (1990b) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species of Glossodoris, Thorunna and the Chromodoris aureomarginata colour group. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 100(3): 263-326.
Rudman, W.B., 1999 (July 18) Glossodoris dendrobranchia Rudman, 1990. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/glosdend
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