Gastropoda |
Nudibranchia |
Discodorididae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Tropical
Distribution
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Western Indian Ocean: Egypt.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Body elongate-oval with a distinct dorsal hump, wide mantle skirt. Dorsum pink, granular, with paler to white nodules, and black lines. Black pattern as four or five paired polygons; first pair around rhinophores with one or two lines extending to frontal margin. Dorsal polygons have short lines extending over skirt to margins. One polygon in front of the gills and one around the gills. Rhinophores black with translucent white stalk; rims of pockets raised, translucent pink, very thin, with an irregular margin. Six gills tri-pinnate, translucent white; pocket large with raised pink rim.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Yonow, N. 2020. (Ref. 126979)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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