Chromodoris lineolata

Chromodoris lineolata is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]

Chromodoris lineolata
The nudibranch Chromodoris lineolata, Mirs Bay, Hong Kong.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Chromodoris
Species:
C. lineolata
Binomial name
Chromodoris lineolata
Hasselt, 1824[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Chromodoris albolineata Martens in Bergh, 1879
  • Chromodoris funerea Collingwood, 1881
  • Doris lineolata van Hasselt, 1824 (basionym)

Distribution

This species was described from Java. It is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific region.[4]

Description

Chromodoris lineolata is a chromodorid nudibranch with a pattern of multiple longitudinal stripes of black or dark brown and white on the mantle. The mantle edge is orange or yellow. The gills are bushy and brown with fine white spots. The rhinophores are orange-brown and are also covered with fine white spots. This species is distinguished from the similar Chromodoris striatella by the presence of a black line next to the orange border, whilst in C. striatella the first line in from the border is white.[4][5][6]

References
  1. Hasselt, J. C. v. 1824. Uittreksel uit een Brief van Dr. J. C. van Hasselt, aan Prof. van Swinderen, Tjuringe op Java, de 25sten Mei 1823. Algemeene Konst- en Letter-bode, voor her jaar 1824, 1 Deel, no. 2, Vrijdag den 9den Januarij, pp. 20-24.
  2. Caballer, M. (2011). Chromodoris lineolata (van Hasselt, 1824). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-01-12
  3. Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp.
  4. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (June 19) Chromodoris lineolata (van Hasselt, 1824). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. Rudman, W.B. (1982) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris quadricolor, C. lineolata and Hypselodoris nigrolineata colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 76: 183-241. page(s): 196
  6. Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á., 2018. Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification - Indo-Pacific. New World Publications; 2nd Revised, Updated edition. 452 pp. ISBN 1878348671, ISBN 978-1878348678, p. 139
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