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Additional Photos
gills extended
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Unidentified
Discodorid #9
Maximum size: 18 mm.
Identification:
This
species is dusky cream with scattered dark brown spots on the
notum. The margin is decorated by dark brown and mahogany patches and
the rhinophores are tipped in dark brown and mahogany. The gills are
gray, flecked with white, and the notum has small tubercles connected
by
low ridges.
Natural history:
Unidentified
discodorid
#9
is a rare dorid known from only five animals found in exposed
to highly exposed rocky habitats at depths of 9-12 m (30-40 ft). (Scott
Johnson, pers.
com.)
Distribution:
Big Island and Oahu: probably widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific.
Taxonomic notes:
This species is probably
the same as Sclerodoris
sp. 1 in Marshall &
Willan, 1999. It was first recorded in Hawaii by Scott Johnson at
Pupukea, Oahu on June 12,
1978.
Photo: Scott
Johnson: 15 mm: Pupukea, Oahu; June 10, 1985.
Observations and comments:
Note
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