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Triopha catalinae

  • 1. Department of Green Life Science, Sangmyung University, Seoul 110 - 743, Korea

Description

Triopha catalinae (Cooper, 1863) (Fig. 4)

Triopa catalinae Cooper, 1863: 59.

Triopa carpenteri Stearns, 1873: 78, fig. 2 (cited from McDonald, 1983).

Triopha carpenteri: Bergh, 1880: 112-117 (cited from McDonald, 1983); MacFarland, 1966: 106, pls. 19, 29, 31; Okutani, 2000: 779, fig. 2.

Triopha modesta Bergh, 1880: 261-266, pl. 14, figs. 17- 20 (cited from McDonald, 1983).

Triopa modesta: Fischer, 1887: 527 (cited from McDonald, 1983).

Triopha catalinae: Cockerell, 1915: 229 (cited from McDonald, 1983); Ferreira, 1977: 388-396, figs. 1-11, 16; McDonald, 1983: 215; Goddard, 1984: 153; Debelius and Kuiter, 2007: 46; Gosliner et al., 2008: 277.

Triopha scrippsiana Cockerell, 1915: 228-229 (cited from McDonald, 1983).

Triopha elioti O’Donoghue, 1921: 165-167 (cited from McDonald, 1983).

Material examined. 1 individual, Gangwon-do, Goseonggun, Toseong-myeon, Bongpo-ri, 28 May 2012; 3 individuals, Gangwon-do, Yangyang-gun, Hyeonbuk-myeon, Gisamun-ri, 6 Jun 2012; 3 individuals (KOSPIV000016 5265), Gangwon-do, Goseong-gun, Jugwang-myeon, Munamjin-ri, 18 Aug 2012.

Diagnosis. Body elongate (length: 46-100 mm, width: 15-38 mm) and translucent pale white, Anterior rounded, Posterior pointed (Fig. 4A). Head flattened and expanded wider than body (Fig. 4B). Several margin process of frontal veil along anterior of head (Fig. 4C). Rhinophores lamellate and retractable (Fig. 4D). Gills five of simple tripinnate and non-retractable (Fig. 4E). Dorsum slightly arched, Usually several rounded end tubercles on edge of dorsum (Fig. 4E). Same orange color present tip of appendage: Rhionophores, Dorsal-lateral papillae, Dorsal tubercles, Frontal veil margin process, Gill branch, Posterior end.

Distribution. Korea, Japan, Alaska, Baja California, Mexico.

DNA barcode. COI sequences of the first mentioned specimen in the “Material examined” are as follows: 5′- AGCTGGTGCATTTCTAGGGGATGATCATTTTTA TAATGTCATTGTAACTGCTCATGCGTTCGTAAT AATTTTTTTTATAGTTATGCCGTTAATAATCGGA GGATTTGGTAACTGAATAGTTCCTTTACTAATT GGAGCACCTGATATAAGTTTTCCTCGAATAAAT AATATAAGATTTTGACTTCTTCCCCCCTCATTTA TTTTATTGTTGTGTTCAACATTAATAGAAGGAG GAGCTGGGACAGGATGAACTGTGTACCCTCCTT TATCTGGTCCTGTGGGTCATGGAGGTACGTCTG TAGATCTTGCTATTTTTTCTCTCCATTTAGCTGG CGCATCTTCTTTACTTGGGGCCATTAATTTTATT ACTACTATTTTTAATATACGCTCTTCGGCTATAA CTATAGAACGATTAAGTTTATTCGTTTGGTCTGT TTTGGTGACTGCTTTTCTACTCTTGCTTTCTTTA CCTGTACTAGCCGGAGCTATTACTATACTAT-3′.

According to BLAST search to GenBank, this sequence matches 99% with a COI record of Triopha catalinae (GQ 292040) available in the GenBank. This may support the morphological identification of the species.

Remarks. Triopha catalinae distributed from Alaska to Baja California in the Eastern Pacific. From the Western Pacific Okutani (2000) recorded this species from Sanriku and Hokkaido. The present report of T. catalinae from Korea showed a distributional extension of its previously known range.

Notes

Published as part of Jung, Daewui & Kim, Jongrak Lee and Chang-Bae, 2013, A report on species of phyllidiid and polycerid nudibranch including two species new to Korea, pp. 7-14 in Journal of Species Research 2 (1) on pages 11-14, DOI: 10.12651/JSR.2013.2.1.007, http://zenodo.org/record/12753457

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
KOSPIV
Event date
2012-08-18
Family
Polyceridae
Genus
Triopha
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
KOSPIV000016
Order
Nudibranchia
Phylum
Mollusca
Scientific name authorship
Cooper
Species
catalinae
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2012-08-18
Taxonomic concept label
Triopha catalinae (Cooper, 1863) sec. Jung & Kim, 2013

References

  • Cooper, J. G. 1863. On new or rare Mollusca inhabiting the coast of California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 3: 56 - 60.
  • McDonald, G. R. 1983. A review of the nudibranchs of the California coast. Malacologia 24 (1 - 2): 114 - 276.
  • Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo. pp. 1 - 1173.
  • Ferreira, A. J. 1977. A review of the Genus Triopha (Mollusca: Nudibranchia). Veliger 19 (4): 387 - 402.
  • Goddard, J. H. R. 1984. The opisthobranchs of Cape Arago, Oregon, with notes on their biology and a summary of benthic opisthobranchs known from Oregon. Veliger 27 (2): 143 - 163.
  • Debelius, H. and R. H. Kuiter. 2007. Nudibranchs of the world. IKAN-Unterwasserarchiv, Frankfurt. pp. 1 - 360.
  • Gosliner, T. M., D. W. Behrens and A. Valdes. 2008. Indo- Pacific nudibranchs and sea slugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books and California Academy of Sciences, Gig Harbor, Washington. pp. 1 - 426.