Gastropoda |
Nudibranchia |
Gymnodorididae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 3 - 7 m (Ref. 79924). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea to Micronesia and Japan; Marshall Islands.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 844)
Characterized by its pattern of bright orange lines on a white or yellowish background. One line runs along each edge of the mantle, from the head, to just behind the gills where it folds under on each side to run forward midway between the mantle edge and the edge of the foot, which is bordered in orange. Gills are edged with range, so is the rhinophore.
Assumed maximum length from Ref. 844. Feeds on Plakobranchus (Ref. 844).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the order Nudibranchia are simultaneous hermaphrodites. Mating behavior: Both individuals darts their penis toward each other to induce one to act as a male and the other as the female. The victorious one to penetrate the body wall is the dominant male. Life cycle: Eggs are deposited on a substratum where they develop and hatch into (planktonic) vestigial veliger larval stage and further grow as adults.
Debelius, H. 2001 Nudibranchs and sea snails: Indo-Pacific field guide. Unterwasserarchiv, IKAN, frankfurt, Germany, 3rd ed. 321 pp. (Ref. 844)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
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Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
