Sclerodoris tuberculata
Eliot, 1904

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Superfamily: EUDORIDOIDEA
Family: Dorididae

DISTRIBUTION

Tropical Indo-West Pacific

PHOTO

Anilao, Luzon Island, Philippines, April, 2002. Photo: Jeff Rosenfeld.

First recorded from East Africa (Eliot, 1904), different colour forms have been considered different species. This species has many colour forms from bright red to dull brown. Two consistent characters linking all the colour forms are the pectinate marginal radular teeth, enlarged prostate and an excavation or 'pit' in the dorsal midline, which mimics a sponge oscule.
The red form used to be considered a distinct species, Sclerodoris rubra.

Reference:
Rudman, W.B. (1978) The dorid opisthobranch genera Halgerda and Sclerodoris from the Indo-West Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 62: 59-88.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2002 (May 20) Sclerodoris tuberculata Eliot, 1904. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/scletube

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