Glossodoris cincta

Glossodoris cincta is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. This name has been extensively used for a group of similarly coloured species, some of which are un-named.[2]

Glossodoris cincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Glossodoris
Species:
G. cincta
Binomial name
Glossodoris cincta
(Bergh, 1888)[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Ile Marianne, Fouquets Reef, Mauritius. This species has been reported in error widely in the Indo-Pacific region but these reports should be referred to Glossodoris acosti or undescribed Glossodoris species.[2] The only reliable recent records are from Réunion.[3]

Description

Glossodoris cincta has a mantle which is tawny brown with blue-white dots and a dark blue margin to the mantle which is separated from the brown by a thin grey line. The rhinophores are dark brown with blue-white dots. The living holotype was 60 mm (2.4 in) in length.[1][3][2][4]

References
  1. Bergh, L.S.R. (1888-1889). Nudibranchien vom Meere der Insel Mauritius. In: Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr. C. Semper, vol. 2: Malakologische Untersuchungen. part 3, August 2, 1888; pp. 815-872, pl. 82-84, Casella cincta page 838, pl. LXXXVII, fig. 9, LXXX fig. 22-26, LXXXII, fig. 9-12
  2. Matsuda S.B. & Gosliner T.M. (2018). Glossing over cryptic species: Descriptions of four new species of Glossodoris and three new species of Doriprismatica (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae). Zootaxa. 4444(5): 501-529,page(s): 519, fig. 10
  3. Bidgrain, P., 2019. Glossodoris cf. cincta South-west Indian Ocean Sea Slugs, accessed 2019-01-26.
  4. 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. 164
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