Pectenodoris aurora

OKINAWA SLUG SITE

Pectenodoris aurora Johnson & Gosliner, 1998 (7mm / from 55m)

Pectenodoris aurora A lateral view of the above animal
Taxonomy:

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: Doridina
Family: Chromodorididae

Collection Data:

Individual Collection No: RFB #2264-D [only a single specimen collected]
Location: Seragaki, Okinawa (26^o 30.4'N, 127^o 52.6'E)
Date: 1 September, 1989 [only a single specimen collected]
Depth: 180ft (55m) [only a single specimen collected]
Water temperature at collection depth: 76.6^oF (24.8^oC)
Size: TL 7mm [only a single specimen collected]
Specimen deposited: California Academy of Sciences

[brackets indicate range for all Okinawa-collected specimens of the species]

Species Account:

The above two (very poor) images of Pectenodoris aurora, both of the same specimen, are of the designated holotype* specimen (CASIZ** 074702). Johnson & Gosliner, 1998.

*Holotype: See "Type" Dictionary for explanation.
**CASIZ: California Academy of Sciences, Invertebrate Zoology.

The above collected animal was found in an area of mixed sand and coral rubble near the edge of a vertical rock wall.

Literature Cited:

Johnson & Gosliner. 1998 The genus Pectenodoris (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) from the Indo-Pacific, with the description of a new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Vol. 50, No. 12, pp. 295-306, 7 figs. 1998

NOTE: This page in re presentation with Opisthobranch of the Week, Pectenodoris aurora.