Glossodoris symmetricus
Rudman, 1990

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

DISTRIBUTION

Indo-West Pacific.

PHOTO

UPPER: Holotype. St.Gilles Reef, Reunion Is. Indian Ocean. 19mm long preserved. PHOTO: M. Jay.
LOWER: Scottburgh, South coast KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA. 25m, March 2000. Size: 45mm. PHOTO: Valda Fraser.

This species has a symmetrical opaque white marking on the mantle, similar to that found on Glossodoris pallida. It differs from G. pallida in having an orange-red mantle border (yellow in G. pallida) and similar colour differences on the rhinophores and gills.

Reference:
• Rudman, W.B. (1990) 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.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2000 (April 25) Glossodoris symmetricus Rudman, 1990. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/glossymm

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