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Geitodoris
sp. #4

 
Geitodoris sp. #4
Maximum size:  8 mm.

Identification:  This is a yellow animal flecked with white. The notum is variably flecked with brown and the flecks may cluster to form dusky patches. The margin is decorated with white granules (glandular?). The rhinophores are stout and conical with apical brown mottling. The branchia are dusky-yellow, becoming darker apically.

Natural history:  Geitodoris sp. #4 is known from only five animals. The four Maui animals were found in the low intertidal at a moderately protected site. The 1999 Maui animal laid a yellow egg mass with a ribbon that had a circular cross section. The egg mass was 5.5 by 5 mm with 2.2 broadly open whorls. The eggs were yellow embedded in a clear matrix and the ribbon was about 0.5 mm in diameter.

Distribution:  Maui and Oahu.

Taxonomic notes:  It was first recorded in Hawaii from Hekili Point, Maui by CP on May 5, 1993. It may ultimately turn out to be something other than a Geitodoris sp.

Photo:  Terry Gosliner: Kaka'ako, Oahu; Feb. 24, 2006.

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