Glossodoris cincta

Glossodoris cincta
Glossodoris cincta in East Timor.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Glossodoris
Species: G. cincta
Binomial name
Glossodoris cincta
(Bergh, 1888)

Glossodoris cincta is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.

Description

Glossodoris cincta has a mottled brown body. Its gills and rhinophores are also brown. Both the edge of its heavily indented mantle and its foot are lined with an outer blue, middle black and an inner yellow line. There is some variation in this edge coloring with distribution.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. It has been observed as far afield as Tanzania in Africa and New Caledonia in the Pacific.[1]

Glossodoris cincta in Sulawesi, Indonesia, anterior end at the bottom of the image
Glossodoris cincta, frontal closeup, Komodo

Biology

As is the case with many nudibranchs in the family Chromodorididae, Glossodoris cincta feeds on sponges.

References

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