Glossodoris kahlbrocki
| Glossodoris kahlbrocki | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Glossodoris |
| Species: | G. kahlbrocki
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| Binomial name | |
| Glossodoris kahlbrocki Yonow, 2018[1]
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Glossodoris kahlbrocki is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]The type locality for this species is Dahara Wadi Gimal, near Hurghada, Egypt, Red Sea.[1]
Description
[edit]This distinctive species has a white body with a narrow bright blue rim to the mantle which grades to dark blue at the edge. The rhinophores and gills are also white, with the inner faces of the gills ochre.[1][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Yonow N. (2018). Red Sea Opisthobranchia 5: new species and new records of chromodorids from the Red Sea (Heterobranchia, Nudibranchia, Chromodorididae). ZooKeys. 770: 9-42, page 17, fig. 2, pl. 5
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Glossodoris kahlbrocki Yonow, 2018. Accessed on 2019-01-08.
- ^ Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page 189 as Glossodoris sp. 10.
- ^ Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á. (2008) Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington, 426 pp. page 238 as Glossodoris sp. 6.