| Glossodoris cincta | |
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| With the cleaning shrimp Zenopontonia rex | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Glossodoris |
| Species: | G. cincta |
| Binomial name | |
| Glossodoris cincta | |
Glossodoris cincta is aspecies ofsea slug, a doridnudibranch, a shell-lessmarinegastropodmollusk in the familyChromodorididae. This name has been extensively used for a group of similarly coloured species, some of which are unnamed.[2]
This species was described from Ile Marianne, Fouquets Reef,Mauritius. This species has been reported in error widely in the Indo-Pacific region but these reports should be referred toGlossodoris acosti or undescribedGlossodoris species.[2] The only reliable recent records are fromRéunion.[3]
Glossodoris cincta has a mantle which is tawny brown with blue-white dots and a dark blue margin to the mantle which is separated from the brown by a thin grey line. The rhinophores are dark brown with blue-white dots. The livingholotype was 60 mm (2.4 in) in length.[1][2][3][4]
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