2026 · Photo: Boaz Liebes
Gymnodoris tuberculosa
Philippines · Indo Pacific - South China Sea
- Size
- 2–10 mm · max 11 mm
- Native range
- Western Pacific: Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Raja Ampat, Marshall Islands and southern Japan.
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Description
A tiny, nocturnal Gymnodoris described in 2014 by Knutson & Gosliner. By day it hides under coral rubble. The internal digestive gland shows through the translucent body in shades from orange to pink or brown, probably depending on its last meal.
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Identification
Uniformly translucent white body covered all over with small, rounded white tubercles. Rhinophores lamellate, white to pale yellow; 9–13 white gill branches in a complete circle on the back.
Similar species
Gymnodoris aurita and G. ceylonica also have tubercles, but theirs are yellow to orange-red; G. tuberculosa is entirely white.
Habitat & diet
Habitat
Under coral rubble on reefs by day; recorded around 6 m.
Food
Unknown; like other Gymnodoris, presumably preys on other sea slugs.
