Glossodoris cincta
| Glossodoris cincta | |
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| Glossodoris cincta in East Timor. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Glossodoris |
| Species: | G. cincta |
| Binomial name | |
| Glossodoris cincta (Bergh, 1888) | |
Glossodoris cincta is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
Description
Glossodoris cincta has a mottled brown body. Its gills and rhinophores are also brown. Both the edge of its heavily indented mantle and its foot are lined with an outer blue, middle black and an inner yellow line. There is some variation in this edge coloring with distribution.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. It has been observed as far afield as Tanzania in Africa and New Caledonia in the Pacific.[1]
Glossodoris cincta in Sulawesi, Indonesia, anterior end at the bottom of the image
Glossodoris cincta, frontal closeup, Komodo
Biology
As is the case with many nudibranchs in the family Chromodorididae, Glossodoris cincta feeds on sponges.
References
External links
- Glossodoris cincta at nudipixel
- South-west Indian Ocean Seaslug site
- Doris website
- http://fran.cornu.free.fr/affichage/affichage_nom.php?id_espece=1214
- http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214506
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