Thuridilla vataae (Yonow, Nathalie 2012)
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Ordo: Sacoglossa
Familia: Plakobranchidae
Genus: Thuridilla
Name
Thuridilla vataae Risbec, 1928 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Thuridilla vataae Yonow, Nathalie, 2012, ZooKeys 197: 1-1.
Description
Description. Ground colour grey with hint of purple, covered with yellow spots and pustules, and round black dots. Marginal bands of the parapodia creamy yellow. Head white, forming X-shape into rhinophores anteriorly and body posteriorly; remainder of head and anterior part of body grey-black. Red-orange band at tip of each rhinophore, a distinctive character of the species; in this specimen, the rhinophores were faintly spotted with creamy yellow. Preserved specimen semi-translucent with no pigment remaining except black spots on body. Parapodia folded over body and frontal margin bilobed (Fig. 6A). Pericardium unusual in Thuridilla vataae in that lateral and posterior vessels are connected. In this specimen, they appear to form a partial ring around the pericardium (Fig. 6A). Ventrally, foot and frontal margin both cleft in preserved specimen (Fig. 6B).
Taxon Treatment
- Yonow, Nathalie; 2012: Opisthobranchs from the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species and ten new records (Mollusca, Gastropoda) ZooKeys, 197: 1-1. doi
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