Ridge-tailed Dorid
Diaphorodoris lirulatocauda Millen, 1985
Description 2
Ground color white to creamy-white, mature animals maybe darker mid-dorsally due to creamy gonads below; dorsum and dorsal surface of tail may bear small flecks of opaque white. Dorsum thickly set with numerous long, slender, white to yellowish-white tubercles which give animal a fuzzy appearance. Rhinophores yellowish-white, with 6-10 lamellae. Branchial plumes 4-9, unipinnate, yellowish-white.
Size 2
Usually 10mm or less in length.
Geographic Range 2
Clover Island, Ketchikan, AK, to Cabo Colnett, Baja California, Mexico.
Notes 2
Preys on the bryozoans Nolella stipata & Tubulipora sp.
References 2
FAHEY, S. J., & Á. VALDÉS. 2005. Review of Acanthodoris Gray, 1850 with a phylogenetic analysis of Onchidorididae Alder and Hancock, 1845 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, series 4, 56(20):213-272. PDF
MILLEN, S. V. 1985. The nudibranch genera Onchidoris & Diaphorodoris (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia) in the northeastern Pacific. The Veliger 28(1):80-93. PDF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF MARINE INVERTEBRATE TAXONOMISTS. 2018. A taxonomic listing of benthic macro- and megainvertebrates from infaunal & epibenthic monitoring and research programs in the southern California bight, edition 12, 1 July 2018, xviii + 167 pp. PDF
Synonyms 2
Formerly mis-identified as Onchidoris hystricina.
Additional Info 2
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iNat Map
| Body | doridiform |
|---|---|
| Classification | Doridina |
| Dorsum | with conical tubercles |
| Rhinophores | perfoliate |
| Labial tentacles | rudimentary or absent |
