Chromodoris albolimbata

Chromodoris albolimbata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Chromodoris
Species: C. albolimbata
Binomial name
Chromodoris albolimbata
Bergh, 1907[1]

Chromodoris albolimbata is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from a single specimen collected at 37 m depth off Sebastian Bluff (Saint Sebastian Point), near Stilbaai, South Africa.[1]

Description

The description of the external appearance of this species is brief and it may be impossible to recognise it. The description reads "The colour clear reddish-white, the brim of the back chalk-white". The specimen was 15 mm in length.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bergh, L. S. R. 1907. The Opisthobranchiata of South Africa. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 17(1):1-144, pls. 1-14, page 55, plate VI. In: Marine Investigations of South Africa 5(1).
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Chromodoris albolimbata Bergh, 1907. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-20


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