Chromodoris burni

Chromodoris burni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Chromodoris
Species: C. burni
Binomial name
Chromodoris burni
Rudman, 1982[1]

Chromodoris burni is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Centipede Reef, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It has been found on a few occasions, and only from Queensland.[3]

Description

This species is similar in colouration to Chromodoris striatella but differs in having orange lines on the gills and orange rhinophore clubs whilst in C. striatella the gills and rhinophores are pale brown with fine white spots.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Rudman, W.B. (1982) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris quadricolor, C. lineolata and Hypselodoris nigrolineata colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 76: 183-241.
  2. ↑ Caballer, M. (2015). Chromodoris burni Rudman, 1982. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-20
  3. 1 2 Rudman, W.B., 2003 (October 20) Chromodoris burni Rudman, 1982. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.


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