Glossodoris pallida
(Ruppell & Leuckart, 1828)

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Family: Chromodorididae

DISTRIBUTION

Tropical Indo-West Pacific.

PHOTO

UPPER: 27mm long alive, Mbudya Is., Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, November, 1976.
LOWER: 32mm long alive, Heron Is., Queensland, August 1985.
PHOTOS: Bill Rudman.

Glossodoris pallida is one of a large number of chromodorids which have a white mantle and yellow or orange border. For convenience I have collectively named them the Chromodoris aureomarginata colour group although this is not meant to signify a close phylogenetic relationship between members of the group. Glossodoris pallida is characterised by the opaque white marks on the mantle.

References:
• 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. (1985) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris aureomarginata, C. verrieri and C. fidelis colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 83: 241-299.
• 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.
• Hamatani, I. (1995). Two species of Chromodorididae (Nudibranchia), one newly recorded and one newly established, from Middle Japan. Venus, the Japanese Journal of Malacology, 54(2): 101-107

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 1999 (February 23) Glossodoris pallida (Ruppell & Leuckart, 1828). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/glospall

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