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Geitodoris pusae<\/em>\u00a0(Er. Marcus, 1955)<\/h3>\n

\"Geitodoris<\/div>
Geitodoris pusae @ Lake Worth lagoon, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA 24-09-2009<\/em> by Anne DuPont<\/center><\/span>

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WoRMS Taxonomic Information<\/h3>
Current accepted name: Geitodoris pusae<\/em> (Er. Marcus, 1955)<\/strong><\/div>

Current classification<\/h4>
Superdomain<\/th>Biota<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Kingdom<\/th>Animalia<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Phylum<\/th>Mollusca<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Class<\/th>Gastropoda<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Subclass<\/th>Heterobranchia<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Infraclass<\/th>Euthyneura<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Subterclass<\/th>Ringipleura<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Superorder<\/th>Nudipleura<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Order<\/th>Doridida<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Infraorder<\/th>Doridoidei<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Superfamily<\/th>Doridoidea<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Family<\/th>Discodorididae<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Genus<\/th>Geitodoris<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Species<\/th>Geitodoris pusae<\/em> (Er. Marcus, 1955)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/table>

Classification provided by the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). [139582<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>Taxonomic note<\/strong>: According to Alvin and Pimenta (2013), Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic specimens of G. pusae<\/em> belong to a diferent species than those from the Western Atlantic because of a series of different morphological traits: “Geitodoris pusae<\/em> was recorded from the Canary Islands and Mediterranean Sea (Ortea et al.1988; Ortea,1990; Tocino et al. 2006). We observed important morphological differences between these earlier descriptions and the specimens collected from Brazil. The specimens described by Ortea et al. (1988); Ortea (1990) and Tocino et al. (2006) present serrations in the marginal teeth of the radula (when these serrations are present) restricted to the distal part of the tooth, whereas in the specimens from Brazil the serrated portion occurs in all concave surfaces of the teeth. Furthermore, in specimens from Europe, a denticle in the innermost lateral tooth, even incipient, has never been reported. In European specimens, the gill is always brown with lighter tips and the branchial sheath is the same tone as the rest of the mantle; however, in Brazilian specimens the branchial leaves located anteriorly are beige, the more posterior branchial leaves are translucent orange, and the smooth branchial sheath is also beige. Ortea et al. (1988) and Ortea (1990) illustrated the reproductive system as presenting a narrow and long vestibular gland with an elongated shape and a long duct, whereas in specimens from Brazil, the vestibular gland is rounded with a short duct, more similar to the description of Tocino et al. (2006) for Mediterranean specimens. The differences that were observed in all specimens from Europe, in terms of coloration, gill morphology, and radula, lead us to consider the species from Europe as distinct from Western Atlantic G. pusae<\/em>\u201d. Until a molecular phylogeny is conducted we keep the Mediterranean specimens from Granada as G. pusae<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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