Gymnodoris ceylonica

Gymnodoris ceylonica
Gymnodoris ceylonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea

Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Gymnodorididae
Genus: Gymnodoris
Species: G. ceylonica
Binomial name
Gymnodoris ceylonica
(Kelaart, 1858) [1]

Gymnodoris ceylonica is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Gymnodorididae.[2]

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Distribution

This species occurs in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean.[2]

Description

Gymnodoris ceylonica has a translucent white body which is covered with many orange spots. It has translucent orange-lined white gills and orange rhinophores. The foot is translucent white and edged with an orange margin.

References

  1. ^ Kelaart, E.F. (1858). "Description of a new Ceylonese nudibranch." Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Ser.3), 1(4): 257-258, Pl. 10B.
  2. ^ a b http://www.seaslugforum.net/gymnceyl.htm

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