A report of four unrecorded species of opisthobranch molluscs from Korea
Author
Jung, Daewui
Author
Lee, Jongrak
Author
Kim, Chang-Bae
text
Journal of Species Research
2014
2014-02-28
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http://dx.doi.org/10.12651/jsr.2014.3.1.001
journal article
10.12651/JSR.2014.3.1.001
2713-8615
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Stiliger aureomarginatus
Jensen, 1993
(
Fig. 3
)
Stiliger aureomarginatus
Jensen, 1993: 232-236
, fig. 20-24;
Jensen, 1997: 332
.
Materials examined.
1 individual,
Seogwi-dong
,
Seogwipo-si
,
Jeju-do
,
Korea
,
1 April 2013
(
D. Jung
) (KOSPIV0000185831)
.
Description.
Body aeolidiform, very small; living animal
5 mm
in length,
1 mm
in width; ground color black. Head distinct from body. Rhinophores long and simple; sky blue with deeper in color to tip. Branchial papillae fusiform; numerous; black with orange tips in living animal; ramiform digestive gland appeared in only preserved specimen, not showed in living animal (
Fig. 3C, D
). Metapodium pointed end; sky blue with fade to posterior end. Oral tentacles absent.
Distribution.
Korea
,
Japan
,
Australia
.
Remarks.
This species shows black or dark bluish-green body color with orange or yellow tips of cerata and a band of white dots with a light yellowish tinge below them (
Jensen, 1993
). Specimen examined here showed black body color and orange tips of cerata. However, it did not show a band of white dots below the ceratal tips.