Murphydoris puncticulata Punctulate Nudibranch

Murphydoris puncticulata is commonly referred to as Punctulate Nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Murphydoris puncticulata

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AphiaID:: 1568880

Scientific:: Murphydoris puncticulata
German:: Gepunktete Murphydoris
English:: Punctulate Nudibranch

Category:: Nudibranchs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Goniodorididae (Family) > Murphydoris (Genus) > puncticulata (Species)
Initial determination:: Paz-Sedano, Smirnoff, Candás, Gosliner & Pola, 2022

Occurrence:: Bali, Hawaii, Indonesia, Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia)
Sea depth:: 3 - 5 Meter
Size:: 0" - 0" (0,3cm - 0,4cm)
Temperature:: °F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C)
Food:: No reliable information available, Predatory
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Murphydoris singaporensis

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-04-22 18:52:50
Last edit:: 2024-12-04 14:20:23

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Murphydoris puncticulata Paz-Sedano, Smirnoff, Candás, Gosliner & Pola, 2022

Murphydoris was a monotypic genus with Murphydoris singaporensis as the type species.

In the year 2022 there are 4 new described species genus Murphydoris :
Murphydoris adusta Paz-Sedano, Smirnoff, Candás, Gosliner & Pola, 2022
Murphydoris cobbi Paz-Sedano, Smirnoff, Candás, Gosliner & Pola, 2022
Murphydoris maracabranchia Paz-Sedano, Smirnoff, Candás, Gosliner & Pola, 2022
Murphydoris puncticulata Paz-Sedano, Smirnoff, Candás, Gosliner & Pola, 2022

The characteristics of the genus Murphydoris is, that it lacks comb-like respiratory gills; its rhinophores are non-lamellate and its radula formula is n x 1.1.0.1.1. The lateral teeth with a single tapering point with 12 denticles and the marginal teeth are bicuspid.

Murphydoris puncticulata has a cream body with rows of low, irregular tubercles and irregular extrabranchial processes. Body with brown spots. Spicules are visible in the body wall.

External links

seaslugsofhawaii (en). Abgerufen am 22.04.2022.

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