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Gymnodoris alba aff.

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General Information

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Indian Ocean - Japan - ?Cooks - Hawai‘i

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore, reef-flat moat

KEY FEATURES: A small slug-like animal to 20mm. Body translucent, pale brown with small yellow flecks; white and yellow internal organs visible. Tentacles (=rhinophores) brown and club-like, ±16 lamellae, above a small horizontal-fringe (=cephalic hood) with small projections. Gills (=branchiae), small, transparent, forming a low horseshoe around the anus. Tail thin, tapering, with small dorsal papillae. Foot very narrow, turns inward when detached.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: + Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Gymnodoris alba aff. Baba, 1930
SYNONYMS: [Gymnodoris alba is near the specimen, needs confirmation. GM2/99]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; MOLLUSCA; GASTROPODA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA; Nudibranchia; Doridacea; POLYCERIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: Arorangi moat, under rock, 2/99 D.Drumm;

References:
Special Reference: Kay79 G. alba, p.474;

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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