brown ridged nudibranch
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia

clade Euarminida
Superfamily:
Arminoidea
Family:
Arminidae
Genus:
Dermatobranchus
Binomial name
Dermatobranchus sp. 4

The brown ridged nudibranch, Dermatobranchus sp. 4, as designated by Gosliner, 1987, is a species of nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae. As at November 2009, it remained undescribed by science.

Distribution

This species has to date only been found off South Africa, on both coasts of the Cape Peninsula, in 10–30 m of water.[1] It appears to be endemic.

Description

The brown ridged nudibranch is a small nudibranch, reaching 25 mm in total length. It is pale-bodied with narrow white ridges running longitudinally down its body. Variable brown blotches run across its body with a distinct brown collar at the head area. Its pale rhinophores are oval with longitudinal ridges.[2]

Ecology

References

  1. ↑ GOSLINER, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8
  2. ↑ ZSILAVECZ, G. 2007. Nudibranchs of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay. ISBN 0-620-38054-3
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