- Doris granosa
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southern African warty dorid
Doris granosa
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade DoridaceaSuperfamily: Doridoidea Family: Dorididae Genus: Doris Species: D. granosa Binomial name Doris granosa
(Bergh, 1907)The southern African warty dorid, scientific name Doris granosa, is a species of dorid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dorididae.
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Distribution
This species is found around the southern African coast from Luderitz to Port Elizabeth from the high intertidal to 14 m.[1]
Description
The southern African warty dorid is a yellow-brown oval nudibranch with a distinctive warty skin. It has eight gills arranged around the anus and its rhinophores are perfoliate. It may reach a total length of 30 mm.[2]
Ecology
The warty dorid feeds on the crumb-of-bread sponge, Hymeniacedon perlevis, which it closely resembles in colour. Its egg mass is a tall upright collar of several complete whorls.
References
- ^ GOSLINER, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8
- ^ ZSILAVECZ, G. 2007. Nudibranchs of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay. ISBN 0-620-38054-3
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