Guide to Opisthobranchs Nudibranchia Doridina Doridoidei Doridoidea Baptodoris cinnabarina

Baptodoris cinnabarina

Baptodoris cinnabarina (Bergh, 1884)

Baptodoris cinnabarina @ Split, Croatia by Pero Ugarković

Taxonomy

	Superdomain	Biota
	Kingdom	Animalia
	Phylum	Mollusca
	Class	Gastropoda
	Subclass	Heterobranchia
	Infraclass	Euthyneura
	Subterclass	Ringipleura
	Superorder	Nudipleura
	Order	Nudibranchia
	Suborder	Doridina
	Infraorder	Doridoidei
	Superfamily	Doridoidea
	Family	Discodorididae
	Genus	Baptodoris
	Species	Baptodoris cinnabarina Bergh, 1884

	Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 140788).

Synonyms

Platydoris maculata Bouchet, 1977

Description
The specimens of this species can reach about 35 mm in length. Animals are very flat and with a quite leathery consistency due to the abundant spiculation of the mantle, foot and body side walls. Coloration is grayish or yellowish brown, depending on the size of the animal. On the back there are somewhat darker scattered spots. The edge of the mantle may have white and brown spots. The mantle is covered with small tubercules not apparent to the naked eye; they are rounded at the tip and at high magnification they can be determined to be of cariophilidean type, each having 4-5 ring shaped slight protruding spicules. The rhinophores are yellow in the basal area and in the upper there are about 16 brown pigmented lamellae. The rhinophoric sheath has a tuberculate edge. The gill consists of 6 white branchial leaves with the upper third pigmented brown. The anal papilla is translucid and located between the gill leaves. The branchial sheath has an slightly tuberculate edge. The foot is narrow and colored whitish. The mouth has two small white labial palps.

Biology
This is a little known species, with very few specimens observed or collected since its original description in 1884 by Bergh. Most of the samples cited were collected on circalittoral and infralittoral rocky bottoms or sandy-muddy bottoms with loose stones and sponges, between 60 and 136 m depth. It has been suggested that the live animal is very sedentary and with very slow movements. The original Bergh description of the species indicates that the spawn is a yellowish-pink ribbon of 1.5 cm in diameter. Nothing else is known about its biology.

Etymology

Baptodoris. Del griego “baptos” que significa “sumergido” + “Doris” en la mitología griega, mujer de Nereo, ninfa de las aguas y madre de las Nereidas.
Cinnabarina. Del color del cinabrio o bermellón (Sulfuro de Mercurio, HgS, mineral del que se extrae el mercurio), de un color rojo oscuro.

Distribution
Most cites for this species are in Mediterranean waters, such as the coast of Haifa, Trieste, Gulf of Naples and Gulf of Taranto in Italy. There is a cite of this species (named as Platydoris maculata, considered to be a synonymous of B. cinnabarina) in bathyal bottoms from the Cantabrian coast. In the Iberian Peninsula it has been found in the Strait of Gibraltar and on the continental shelf of the Columbretes islands and of Formentera island. First reports from the Catalan coast refer to specimens trapped in commercial fishing trawl at the Planassa, in front of the city of Blanes, although it has been occasionally found afterwards.

Known georeferenced records of the species: Baptodoris cinnabarina
Sources:
: OBIS : GROC 2010-2011 : Enric Madrenas : João Pedro Silva : Bernard Picton : GBIF.ORG	: OPK : VIMAR : Manuel Ballesteros. : M@re Nostrum : Altres fonts : Marine Regions

References for the species: Baptodoris cinnabarina

Cantabria: Bouchet (1977, bathyal, as Platydoris maculata). Gibraltar: Sánchez-Santos (pers. comm.) Levante: Valdés and Gosliner (2001), Templado et al. (2002). Catalunya: Ballesteros & Valdés (1999), Domènech et al. (2006), Ramírez-Llodra et al. (2007). Baleares: Ballesteros and Valdés (1999). Canarias: Ballesteros and Valdés (1999).

General: Cattaneo-Vietti, Chemello, & Giannuzzi-Savelli, 1990:101[P]; Nordsieck, 1972:61; Perrone, 1985b:207[P]; 1986a:28; Pruvot-Fol, 1951:20; 1954b:282; Schmekel, 1970:200; Schmekel & Portmann, 1982:88[P]; Vayssiere, 1913a:323

Sources: Cervera et al., 2004, Ballesteros, 2007 & 2016, McDonald, 2006 and other sources.

Abundance

Western Mediterranean:
Eastern Mediterranean:
Atlantic Ocean:

Month

This chart displays the monthly observation probability for Baptodoris cinnabarina based on our own records.

More pictures

Bibliography

Bibliography based on the works by Steve Long, 2006. Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000 and Gary McDonald, 2009. Bibliographia Nudibranchia, with later updates from other resources.

Further reading

Cite this article as:

Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2021) "Baptodoris cinnabarina" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 16/05/2012. Accessed: 17/04/2021. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/qtcDZ)

To copy this cite click on the right button.

Baptodoris cinnabarina