UNKNOWN OKINAWAN
OPISTHOBRANCH
Gymnodoris sp. 4 (27mm)
Unknown Okinawan Opisthobranch Data
Taxonomy:
- Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
- Suborder: Doridina
- Family: Gymnodorididae
Frequency on Okinawa:
Collection Data:
- Individual Collection No: RFB #3416
- Location: Seragaki (26o 30.4'N, 127o 52.6'E)
- Date: 13 May, 1995 [Single specimen only]
- Depth: 3ft (0.9m) [Single specimen only]
- Size: TL 27mm [Single specimen only]
- Water temperature at collection depth: 72oF (22oC)
- Specimen deposited: California Academy of Sciences
[brackets indicate range for all Okinawa-collected specimens of the species]
Species Account:
Gymnodoris sp. 4 is considered to be very rare on Okinawa as I have seen and collected only a single individual over a good many years. This attractive, red and white mottled Gymnodoris species was found crawling on the upper surface of silty-sand in an area of mixed coral rubble and silty-sand approximately 10m from an artificial man-made concrete sea wall at the SCUBA exit point.
Page Date: 02 Jun '97
Page Modification Date: 14 Feb '11
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