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    Glossodoris pallida

    Topic: Biology

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    Short description: Species of gastropod

    Glossodoris pallida
    B12 4409 Glossodoris pallida Kenya.jpg
    Dani Beach, Kenya
    Scientific classification edit
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Gastropoda
    Subclass: Heterobranchia
    Order: Nudibranchia
    Suborder: Doridina
    Superfamily: Doridoidea
    Family: Chromodorididae
    Genus: Glossodoris
    Species:
    G. pallida
    Binomial name
    Glossodoris pallida
    Ruppell & Leuckart, 1828[1]

    Glossodoris pallida is a species of a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.

    Distribution

    This species was described from the Red Sea. It occurs in the tropical Indian Ocean including the African coast and Madagascar . It is apparently replaced by Glossodoris buko in the central Indo-Pacific Ocean.[2]

    Description

    Glossodoris pallida is semi-translucent-white all over with a thin yellow-margined mantle. It also has opaque white patches on its upper mantle. Both its gills and rhinophores are also white.

    Ecology

    This species, like many other nudibranchs, feeds on sponges. It has also been seen feeding on grey-black sponges from the genus Cacospongia.

    Glossodoris pallida, like other Chromodorid nudibranchs, stores chemicals it gains from the sponges it eats within its body. These chemicals are unpalatable to fish and other creatures, making the nudibranch much less likely to be eaten.[3]

    References

    1. ↑ Rüppell E. & Leuckart F.S. (1828-1830). Mollusca [in] Atlas zu des Reise im Nordlichen Afrika von Eduard Rüppell. 1. Abth. Zoologie. 5. Neue wirbellose Thiere des Rothen Meers. Frankfurt, H.L. Brönner pp. 1-22, pl. 1-12 [1828], pp. 23-47 [probably 1830].
    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): 513, figs 2E, 6C, D, 8E, F, 9A–E
    3. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (Dec 6). Comment on Glossodoris pallida from Vanuatu by Vinka Stenhouse. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney, accessed 14 December 2009.

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