Selection: Paradoris sp. 01

Paradoris sp. 01 Genus: Bergh, 1884

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Paradoris sp. 01 is a pale yellow species and has a series of black lines running out to the mantle edge across the mantle skirt. The inner end of each line widens into an irregular spot. The rhinophore club is black and there is black on the upper part of each gill. Like other species of Paradoris, the mantle tissue is packed full of opaque whitish spherules.
This species was originally posted at these websites as Jorunna sp. A Genus: Bergh, 1876,
according to Dayrat, B. (2006) A taxonomic revision of Paradoris sea slugs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Doridina). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 147 (2): 125-238 is it now placed in the genus Paradoris.
It was posted at these websites before as Paradoris sp. A Genus: Bergh, 1884.
For some genera, such as Trinchesia was the alphabet almost through. I had to change the distinguishing alphabetic character into a number. I have chosen 2-digit numbers, even if '01' looks a little bit stupid, and now is only the genus italic written.
More informations on Paradoris sp. 01 as Paradoris sp. 2 are at Bill Rudman's Sea-Slug Forum!