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This species has been observed on
Mayotte and Madagascar Islands
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Order : Nudibranchia
Suborder : Dexiarchia
Superfamily : Arminoidea
Family : Arminidae
Distribution : Indo West Pacific
Maximal size : 15 mm
Abundance :
Species characteristics :
The general body colour is creamish with a serie of
black to chocolate blotches arranged in about six to eight pairs on the
lateral area of the mantle.These blotches are edged with orange along
the margin
The base of the bulbous rhinophores is opaque white and
the vertical ridges area of the rhinophores is dark chocolate and
orange. the tips of the rhinophores are white
The oral veil is opaque white with a single median
orange and black patch on the anterior end
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Photo Norbert Verneau
Mayotte, Ilot Droumé, Les
Badamiers, less 1 m, 16 March 2012
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about : Sightening and mating periods
Remarks :
Identification confirmed by Hsini Lin
Synonymous : (according worms)
- Pleuroleura fortunata
Bergh, 1888
Bibliographic data :
The
rhinophores are short and stout with a series of sharp vertical ridges
below an elevated central spike
This species have a long and slender body. The mantle which is slightly
wider than the foot is very elongate and its margin are not wavy
The anterior foot corners are rounded
There are hidden gills between the foot and the mantle.
This species is one of the more commonly encountered species of
arminids in the Indo-Pacific tropics. (This is not the case in our
region ... )
This species looks like Dermatobranchus
cf fortunatus
References :
Okinawa Seaslug Dermatobranchus
fortunatus
Medslug Dermatobranchus
fortunatus
Publications :
Berg,
R, 1888. Die Pleuroleuriden, eine familie der Nudibranchiaten
gasträopoden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik
Geographie und Biologie der Tiere. 36 : 348-364
Gosliner T.M. & Fahey S.J. (2011) Previously undocumented diversity
and abundance of cryptic species: a phylogenetic analysis of
Indo-Pacific Arminidae Rafinesque, 1814 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) with
descriptions of 20 new species of Dermatobranchus . Zoological
Journal of the Linnean Society 161: 245–356.
New record of nudibranch Dermatobranchus fortunatus in Singapore. Singapore
Biodiversity records. 2015 : 111-112
Other photos of Dermatobranchus fortunatus
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Olivier Fournajoux
Madagascar, Baie d'Atongil,
7m, size : 25 mm, 18 October 2018
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