Morphological and molecular data are used to address the taxonomic status of two uncommon species of opisthobranch molluscs from the Gulf of Mexico. Chromodoris fentoni is a new species closely related to other Atlantic and eastern Pacific congeneric species. It is characterized by having a whitish background color almost completely covered with irregular red pigment. Glossodoris punctilucens Bergh, 1890 is a rare species known from only a handful of specimens. Morphological and molecular data confirm that it is distinct from other similarly colored species from the eastern Atlantic.
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1 March 2011
Multi-Data Set Revision of Two Uncommon Species of Chromodorididae (Nudibranchia) from the Gulf of Mexico
Ángel Valdés,
Ulysses Gatdula,
Nancy Sheridan,
Joan Herrera
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American Malacological Bulletin
Vol. 29 • No. 1/2
March 2011
Vol. 29 • No. 1/2
March 2011
Chromodoris
COI
Glossodoris
H3
morphology