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Dendrodoris nigra

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General Information

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

KEY FEATURES: 15mm length. Black mantle with red stripe just inside (black) the mantle edge, also irregular sized, widely scattered white spots (pits?). Mantle free at margin, sits above visceral mass and foot which are pigmented as for mantle. Rhinophores black, club shaped. Pedestal of club ±translucent. Apex of club mucronate and white. Rhinophore lamellae (~10) posteriorly arise/converge along vertical line or groove. Gills posterior, pinnate arranged in a semicircle.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present 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

Dendrodoris nigra (Stimpson, 1855)
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; MOLLUSCA; GASTROPODA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA; Nudibranchia; Doridacea; DENDRODORIDIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: Specimen, 03/99 Nikau north under rubble, D.Drumm, ID G.Paulay, originally in database as "black dorid".

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM05b, 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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