Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater
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Platydoris scabra (Cuvier, 1804)
This frequently encountered species is very cryptic. The body is flat, mottled white and brown, with darker, paired patches. The gill pocket is wavy, and the pocket, the rhinophore sheaths, rhinophore tips, and the mantle are all faintly edged with orange.
Young specimens frequently have yellow margins.
Habitat: adhering to the underside of stones and rocks in the eulittoral and shallow sublittoral.
Distribution: W Indian Ocean, Red Sea to W Pacific Ocean.
Host of Critomolgus audens (Humes, 1959) Feedingtype: ectoparasitic, Stage: adult
Host of Doridicola audens Humes, 1959 accepted as Critomolgus audens (Humes, 1959) Feedingtype: ectoparasitic, Stage: adult
Host of Lichomolgus audens Humes, 1958 accepted as Critomolgus audens (Humes, 1959) Feedingtype: ectoparasitic, Stage: adult
Synonyme:
Platydoris eurychlamys Bergh, 1877
Platydoris noumeae Risbec, 1928
Environment
This frequently encountered species is very cryptic. The body is flat, mottled white and brown, with darker, paired patches. The gill pocket is wavy, and the pocket, the rhinophore sheaths, rhinophore tips, and the mantle are all faintly edged with orange.
Young specimens frequently have yellow margins.
Habitat: adhering to the underside of stones and rocks in the eulittoral and shallow sublittoral.
Distribution: W Indian Ocean, Red Sea to W Pacific Ocean.
Host of Critomolgus audens (Humes, 1959) Feedingtype: ectoparasitic, Stage: adult
Host of Doridicola audens Humes, 1959 accepted as Critomolgus audens (Humes, 1959) Feedingtype: ectoparasitic, Stage: adult
Host of Lichomolgus audens Humes, 1958 accepted as Critomolgus audens (Humes, 1959) Feedingtype: ectoparasitic, Stage: adult
Synonyme:
Platydoris eurychlamys Bergh, 1877
Platydoris noumeae Risbec, 1928
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