Doriopsilla nigrolineata explained

Dendrodoris krebsii is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendrodorididae.

Taxonomy

It was previously considered a subspecies of Doriopsilla areolata Bergh, 1880 by Valdés & Ortea (1997),^[1] but Valdés & Hamann (2008)^[2] confirmed that it is a distinct species.

Distribution

Distribution of Doriopsilla nigrolineata includes Panama and Honduras.

Description

The shape of the body is oval to elongate. Dorsum is rigid and covered with rounded tubercles. Background color is translucent white to orange, with a series of irregular black lines over the entire dorsum. Bases of tubercles are densely spotted with white. Rhinophores and gill are yellow. The maximum recorded body length is 30 mm.^[3]

Ecology

Minimum recorded depth is 3 m.^[3] Maximum recorded depth is 12 m.^[3] It was found in the depth of 3–6 m of water in Panama.

References

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Notes and References

1. Valdés Á. & Ortea J. (1997). "Review of the genus Doriopsilla Bergh, 1880 (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) in the Atlantic Ocean". The Veliger 40: 240–254.
2. Valdés Á. & Hamann J. (2008). "Two new species of Doriopsilla from the tropical Western Atlantic with remarks on Cariopsillidae Ortea & Espinosa, 2005". The Veliger 50: 210–218.
3. Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. .
4. Goodheart J. A., Ellingson R. A., Vital X. G., Galvão Filho H. C., McCarthy J. B., Medrano S. M., Bhave V. J., García-Méndez K., Jiménez L. M., López G. & Hoover C. A. (2016). "Identification guide to the heterobranch sea slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Bocas del Toro, Panama". Marine Biodiversity Records 9(1): 56.