Dermatobranchus sp.

Yonow, Nathalie, Anderson, R. Charles & Buttress, Susan G., 2002, Opisthobranch molluscs from the Chagos Archipelago, Central Indian Ocean, Journal of Natural History 36 (7), pp. 831-882 : 873

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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930110039161

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scientific name

Dermatobranchus sp.
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Dermatobranchus sp.

(®gures 18c, 20B)

Material. Chag96/85: 9 mm (6 mm preserved length); inner reef, Nelson Island, Great Chagos Bank; 3 March 1996; at 23 m depth; no photographs.

Description. Elongated tapering body; dorsum mottled pale brown with some black specks and two longitudinal rows of four brown patches, and orange mottling peripherally (®gure 18c). Single rhinophore with orange bulb and white tip. Oral veil fawn with white lateral margins and orange frontal margin.

The mantle of the preserved specimen is very pointed posteriorly and deeply

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