Doris granosa
| southern African warty dorid Doris granosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Dorididae |
| Genus: | Doris |
| Species: | D. granosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Doris granosa (Bergh, 1907) | |
The southern African warty dorid, scientific name Doris granosa, is a species of dorid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dorididae.
Distribution
This species is found around the southern African coast from Luderitz to Port Elizabeth from the high intertidal to 14 m.[1]
Description
The southern African warty dorid is a yellow-brown oval nudibranch with a distinctive warty skin. It has eight gills arranged around the anus and its rhinophores are perfoliate. It may reach a total length of 30 mm.[2]
Ecology
The warty dorid feeds on the crumb-of-bread sponge, Hymeniacedon perlevis, which it closely resembles in colour. Its egg mass is a tall upright collar of several complete whorls.
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