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Additional Photos
underside
dark
pale
young, about 3 mm
egg mass
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GALLERY
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Thordisa albomacula Chan & Gosliner,
2007
Maximum size: 30 mm.
Identification:
This dorid has an irregularly pitted notum with scattered tentacular
papillae. It varies from cream to violet brown. The bottoms of the pits
are usually darker and there may be a variable amount of white
flecking. Nearly all animals have a short white band extending forward
from the branchia and the rhinophores are brown, tipped with cream
flame-like markings. Young animals are smoother and may have marginal
white spots.
Natural history:
Thordisa albomacula
is a moderately rare species found in the low intertidal and subtidally
to about 1.5 m (5 ft) at protected to moderately exposed rocky sites.
Egg masses range from orange to pink (perhaps depending on diet?)
and hatch in four to five days in the laboratory.
Distribution:
Maui and Midway: widely distributed in the western & central
Pacific.
Taxonomic notes:
First recorded in Hawaii from Hekili Point, Maui by CP on May 5, 1993.
Photo: Terry
Gosliner: tentacular papillae retracted: Midway; June, 1993.
Observations and comments:
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