Taringa telopia

Vinicius Padula Alvaro, here you can see the differences on the mantle between Geitodoris (left) and Taringa (right). Geitodoris pusae (Marcus, 1955) Taringa telopia Marcus, 1955

Carlos Meirelles perfect

Alvaro Borba Yes! Are very different. And branchial leaves too.

Ana Karla Araújo Hi, any suggestions on the ID? Pacheco Beach, Ceará, Brazil. Size: 15mm Thanks!

Juliana Batista Alvim Surtei com esse bicho! tem foto aproximada desses tubérculos? foto ventral?!

Queiroz Araújo E ai Carlo M. Cunha? O que vc acha que é?....

Ana Karla Araújo Sim Juliana Alvim tenho foto dos tuberculos, rinoforos, ventral mais ou menos pq ele nao parava quieto :p

Hilton Galvão Filho que lindo

Hilton Galvão Filho ele é grandinho neh

Anne Diver Ana, this might be Taringa telopi,(Ev Marcus, 1955, on page 184 of Caribbean Sea Slugs. The star-like pattern of small white tubercles around the rhinophores and gill is very characteristic.

Ana Karla Araújo Thanks Anne!

Anne Diver Taringa telopia (sorry left of the a on telopia)

Juliana Batista Alvim Here, in Brazil the pattern of Taringa telopia is very different of this. Taringa telopia is orange and has these star-like pattern of small white tubercles, that you mentioned, but is diffent.The tubercles in T. telopia are smaller than in this photo...If Ana Karla Araújo has more photos it will be helpful...

Anne Diver Yes Juliana, more photos would be helpful, I am not sure and said that it might be.

Juliana Batista Alvim :)

Vinicius Padula Externally it resembles Sclerodoris worki (Marcus & Marcus, 1967). This species grows more than 40mm and was not reported from Brazil yet. Of course, can be an undescribed species too. Need to check internal morphology.

Alvaro Borba Why not Cadlina rumia Er. Marcus, 1955!!?

Vinicius Padula Because of the pattern of the dorsal projections, it is not Cadlina like. Also the color, the absence of marginal yellow glands. And also not Taringa telopia. From our currently knowledge, this is a Sclerodoris. Not clear what species it belongs.

Vinicius Padula The generic placement within Discodorididae based on few traditional morphological characteres much probably do not reflects the natural history of the group. The same happens to the Facelinidae, Dorididae... So, in the case of this specimen, more important than to correlate it to a genus is try to see if it belongs to a described species. Being so, the more probably ones are the two western Atlantic Sclerodoris described by the Marcuses.

Alvaro Borba Interesting! Thanks!

Vinicius Padula Always welcome ;)

Marlon Delgado I Think, It is a Sclerodoris genus too... I've seen this in Natal

Colin Redfern For comparison, here is a 50mm specimen of Sclerodoris worki from Abaco, Bahamas. The detail is of the preserved specimen, showing a rhinophore (upper right) retracted into its papillae-covered sheath, with nearby tubercles.

Ana Karla Araújo That's beautiful! Thanks Colin Redfern!

Colin Redfern You're welcome, Ana !

Lucas CerCur Vini, the Anna's dorid ressembles very much our material of Sclerodoris worki from Costa Rica (Caribbean coasts)

Nestor E. Ardila E. Colombian material for comparison ...http://opisthobranchia.lifedesks.org/node/11

Vinicius Padula A larger specimen, but general pattern very similar ;)

Colin Redfern Very nice zoom feature on Nestor's specimen