Doris pseudoargus

Doris pseudoargus is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dorididae.[2]

Doris pseudoargus
Doris pseudoargus, Burtonport, Co Donegal, Ireland.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Dorididae
Genus: Doris
Species:
D. pseudoargus
Binomial name
Doris pseudoargus
Rapp, 1827[1]
Synonyms
  • Archidoris pseudoargus (Rapp, 1827)
  • Archidoris tuberculate (Muller, 1778)
  • Doris areolata Stuwitz, 1836
  • Doris brittanica Johnston, 1838
  • Doris flavipes Leuckart, 1828
  • Doris leuckarti Delle Chiaje, 1841
  • Doris leuckartii Delle Chiaje, 1841
  • Doris mera Alder & Hancock, 1844
  • Doris schembrii Vérany, 1846

Distribution

This species was described from Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France. A neotype was designated in 2002 based on a specimen from Locmariaquer, Atlantic coast of France.[3] It has been reported from Norway south to the Mediterranean Sea.[4] It can be found on the lower shore, and offshore to 300 m.[5]

Description

Doris pseudoargus can reach 120 mm in length. It is oval and firm. The mantle is variously mottled and blotched with yellow, green, brown, and red and coarsely tuberculate. Its rhinophores are short and conical.[5]

Ecology

Doris pseudoargus mainly feeds on the sponge Halichondria panicea.[5]

References
  1. Rapp W. L. von (1827). Ueber das Molluskengeschlecht Doris und Beschreibung einiger neue Arten derselben. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 13 (2): 516-522, page(s): 519
  2. Gofas, S. (2005). Doris pseudoargus. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-03.
  3. Valdés Á. (2002). A phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 136: 535-636.
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2001 (June 12) Archidoris pseudoargus (Rapp, 1827). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. Hayward, Peter J.; Ryland, John S. (2017). Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe (2nd ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. pp. 530–531. ISBN 978-0-19-954944-3.
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