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This species has been observed on Reunion, Mauritius and Mayotte Islands

Order : Nudibranchia Suborder : Euctenidiacea Superfamily : Doridoidea Family : Discodorididae Distribution : Tropical Indo-West Pacific Maximal size : 50 mm Abundance : From time to time on the reef flat zone Species characteristics : The mantle is a translucent greyish white with light purplish grey patches often with a darker spot in each patch The rhinophores and the gills are white
	Showing species characteristics...	Photo Philippe Bourjon Reunion, L'Hermitage lagoon, Saint Gilles, less 1 m, 27 April 2009, size : 45 mm

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Remarks :

Identification confirmed by Nathalie Yonow
    Synonymous : (according Worms)
          - Discodoris mauritiana ( Bergh, 1889 )
          - Doris murrea Abraham, 1877
          - Peltodoris mauritiana Bergh, 1889

Bibliographic data :

The mantle, which is more wider than the foot, is very elongate in outline when an animal is crawling and flattened in profile.  
    The mantle is firm and smooth to the touch. In this Peltodoris the small tubercles are soft
    The four to six moderately small compound gills form a complete circlet around the anus
    The mantle margin has a very thin milk-white marginal line
    The undersurface of the foot sole and the mantle are white

Material examined by Nathalie Yonow ( see reference/publications).

One specimen collected from Grand Baie, 2 November 1985, size : 22 mm

References :

Bill Rudman Seaslug site : Sea Slug Forum : Discodoris mauritiana
   Nudipixel Peltodoris murrea

Publications :

Abraham, P.S. (1877). Revision of the Anthobranchiate nudibranchiate mollusca, with descriptions or notices of forty-one hitherto undescribed species. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1877 : 196-269
    Bergh, L. S. R. (1889) Malacologische Untersuchungen. Nudibranchien vom Meere der Insel Mauritius. In: C.G. Semper, Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen, Wissenschaftliche Resultate . Band 2, Heft 16b.: 815-872,Pls.82-84.
    Dayrat B. (2010). A monographic revision of basal discodorid sea slugs (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia, Doridina). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Series 4, vol. 61, suppl. I, 1-403, 382 figs.
    Edmunds, M (1971): Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Tanzania (suborder Doridacea). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 50(4), 339-396. (Pl.1)
    Yonow, N. and Hayward , P. J. (1991). Opistobranches de l'île Maurice, avec la description de deux espèces nouvelles (Mollusca : Opistobranchia) Revue française d'aquariologie herpétologie, 18 (1), 1-30

Other photos of Peltodoris murrea :

Philbert Bidgrain Mtsanga Sakouli, Mayotte, on the reef flat zone, less 1 m, 20 October 2008, size : 25-30 mm
	The undersurface of the foot sole and the mantle are white

Philippe Bourjon Reunion, L'Hermitage lagoon, less 1 m, 24 April 2009, size : 35-40 mm Two specimens with their spawn

. Philibert Bidgrain Mtsanga Sakouli, Mayotte, on the reef flat zone, less 1 m, 26 Jully 2008, size : 35 mm	The mantle is a translucent greyish white with light purplish grey patches often with a darker spot in each patch

Philippe Bourjon Reunion, L'Hermitage lagoon, less 1 m, 18 September 2009, size : 40 mm. Eating its favorite food... P. murrea is a sponge feeder....

Christophe Cadet Reunion, Etang salé, on the rocky coast, less 1 m, 29 October 2009, size : 45 mm A specimen with well developped purplish grey patches sometiles with a darker spot in each patch, but fhe undersurface of the foot sole and the mantle are white

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Reunion, Peltodoris murrea, at Trou d'eau, by Sonia Ribes Beaudemoulin

Reunion, two preserved specimens of Peltodoris murrea, at Grand fond, by Maurice Jay  

Mauritius, drawing of a specimen of Peltodoris murrea, from Grand Baie, by Nathalie Yonow 

Reunion, Peltodoris murrea, at Etang salé, by Christophe Cadet 

Reunion, a small P. murrea without purplish grey patches, at Etang salé, by Christophe Cadet