Selection: Aldisa sp. 03

Aldisa sp. 03 Genus: Bergh, 1878

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Aldisa sp. 03 is characterized by a reticulate pattern of ridges with lighter tips on the orange mantle, and by the large excavation or 'pit' in the dorsal midline just behind the rhinophores, and small excavation in front of the rhinophores. The excavations mimic a sponge oscule. The specimen of it in IPN has one more small excavation in front of the gills.
It is Aldisa sp. 7 in IPN at page 161:
Gosliner, Terrence M., David W. Behrens & Ángel Valdés. 2008. Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and Sea Slugs. Sea Challengers Natural History Books.
Gig Harbor, Washington. 426 pp.
Dr. Alicia Hermosillo labelled it 'Doris rojo6'.
It was originally misidentified and posted at these websites as Sclerodoris sp. 02.
Johnson, Rebecca F. 2011. Breaking family ties: taxon sampling and molecular phylogeny of chromodorid nudibranchs (Mollusca, Gastropoda).
Zoologica Scripta 40(2): 137-157. Article first published online: 3 NOV 2010
moved the genus Aldisa Bergh, 1878 from the family Dorididae Rafinesque, 1815 to the resurrected family Cadlinidae Bergh, 1891