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Description
Taringa is a genus of dorid nudibranchs in the family Discodorididae. The European species live in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, and at least some occur in shallow subtidal habitats under stones and on sponges. The diet of the genus is almost unknown. There is a nomenclatural complication: Valdés & Gosliner (2001) synonymised Taringa with the older name Aporodoris, but Taringa remains in prevailing usage.
Identification
A flattened body with a broad mantle densely covered in cylindrical tubercles bearing spicules, brown with dark and white markings. The rhinophores are laminate and there are about six tripinnate gill leaves. The European species are very similar, and reliable identification requires examining internal anatomy, including the radula.
Species in this genus (1)
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