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Diversidoris aurantionodulosa
Rudman, 1987
Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Family: Chromodorididae
DISTRIBUTION
Records from Tanzania, eastern Australia and Hong Kong (Rudman 1987) suggest this species has a wide distribution in the tropical Indo-West Pacific
PHOTO
UPPER: On pink sponge (Darwinella sp) Coffs Harbour region, nthn New South Wales, Australia. December 1990, 20mm long. AM C164597.
LOWER: Bondi, Sydney New South Wales, October 1986, AM C151354. 15mm long. PHOTOS: Bill Rudman.
This recently described white species has a thin orange mantle border. The mantle is covered with low rounded tubercles which are often, but not always, tipped with orange. The rhinophores are white with orange tips and there is an orange line up the outside of each white gill. Can grow to 25 mm.
References:
• Rudman,W.B. (1987) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia : Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris epicuria, C. aureopurpurea, C. annulata, C. coi and Risbecia tryoni colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 90: 305-407.
• Rudman, W.B. & Darvell, B.W. (1990) Opisthobranch molluscs of Hong Kong. Part 1. Goniodorididae, Onchidorididae, Triophidae, Gymnodorididae, Chromodorididae, (Nudibranchia). Asian Marine Biology, 7: 31-79.
Rudman, W.B., 2001 (August 22) Diversidoris aurantionodulosa Rudman, 1987. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/diveaura
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