Doris sp.

Delgado, Marlon, Freire, Fúlvio Aurélio de Morais, Meirelles, Carlos Augusto Oliveira de, Padula, Vinicius, Bahia, Juliana & Brandão, Simone Nunes, 2022, Sea slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Rio Grande do Norte, Northeastern Brazil, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 62, pp. 1-26 : 16

32. Doris sp. ( Fig. 4B )

Material examined: Praia de Baia Formosa, Baia Formosa, 04.VII.2009, one specimen, 8 mm (body length), leg. M. Delgado ( GEEFAA 347).

Description: Body flat and elongated, opaque light brown, with small opaque whitish, oval-shaped spots. Gills and rhinophores light yellowish. Anteriorly, one pair of eyes covered by the notum, and one pair of small, labia. Medially, notum with small, rounded tubercles variable in size. Retractile, lamellate rhinophores. Posteriorly, retractile, foliaceous, gill leaves around the anus. Foot smooth, narrower than notum.

Remarks: Juvenile specimen which specific identification could not be determined.

Figures

Figure 4. Heterobranch sea slugs from Rio Grande do Norte. (A) Doris kyolis (6 mm – GEEFAA 340); (B) Doris sp. (8 mm – GEEFAA 347); (C) Doto chica (5 mm – GEEFAA 315); (D) Doto divae (2 mm – GEEFAA 285); (E) Phidiana lynceus (27 mm – MZSP 97035);(F) Cratena minor (18 mm – GEEFAA 334); (G) Berghia creutzbergi (13 mm – GEEFAA 1306); (H) Berghia rissodominguezi (3 mm – GEEFAA 289); (I) Spurilla braziliana (13 mm – MZSP 97034); (J) Glaucus atlanticus (35 mm – phot. reg.);(K) Cuthonabarbadiana (5 mm – GEEFAA 257).