Pectenodoris trilineata
| Pectenodoris trilineata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Pectenodoris |
| Species: | P. trilineata |
| Binomial name | |
| Pectenodoris trilineata Adams & Reeve, 1850 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chromodoris virgata Bergh, 1905 | |
Pectenodoris trilineata is a colourful species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch. This marine gastropod mollusc is in the family Chromodorididae.
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Description
Pectenodoris trilineata usually ranges from 7 mm to 15 mm in length, with an elongate to broadly oval body shape. The tail extends slightly beyond the posterior margin.
Although individuals of Pectenodoris trilineata usually have three white lines as its name suggests, sometimes these lines are broken into a series of shorter lines, while occasionally the outer two lines are absent. Some specimens have yellow or orange markings on the white lines.[1] Pectenodoris trilineata have three yellow longitudinal bands outlined in white, with the entire mantle edged with a fine white line. They have a few patches of yellow edged with white around the mantle edge, and the defensive mantle glands, arranged around the edge in roughly two series, are visible as pale pink patches.
The gills and rhinophores are typically violet at their bases and then translucent white with red markings.[2]
Distribution
Pectenodoris trilineata has been found in Sulawesi, Bali, Philippines, Indonesia (there described as Chromodoris virgata), South China Sea, Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef and Queensland.[3]
References
- ↑ Pectenodoris trilineata (Adams & Reeve, 1850). Sea Slug Forum. Accessed 6 March 2009.
- ↑ Yonow N. 2001. Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 11. Doridacea of the families Chromodorididae and Hexabranchidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia), including additional Moluccan material. Zool. Med. Leiden 75 (1), 24.xii.2001: 1-50, figs 1-12, colour plts 1-5— ISSN 0024-0672.
- ↑ http://www.seaslugforum.net/search.cfm?searchstring=Pectenodoris+trilineata&search=Go! Sea Slug Forum. Accessed 6 March 2009.
- 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. (1986) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Nouméa purpurea and Chromodoris decora colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 86(4): 309-353.
- Johnson, R.F. & Gosliner, T.M. (1998). The genus Pectenodoris (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) from the Indo-Pacific, with the description of a new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 50(12): 295-306.
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