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Atalodoris pictoni<\/em>\u00a0 (Furfaro & Trainito, 2017)<\/h3>\n

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Atalodoris pictoni @ Costa Brava, Spain<\/em> by Enric Madrenas<\/center><\/span>

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WoRMS Taxonomic Information<\/h3>
Current accepted name: Atalodoris pictoni<\/em> (Furfaro & Trainito, 2017)<\/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>Onchidoridoidea<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Family<\/th>Onchidorididae<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Genus<\/th>Atalodoris<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Species<\/th>Atalodoris pictoni<\/em> (Furfaro & Trainito, 2017)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/table>

Classification provided by the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). [1565334<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>Taxonomic Note:<\/strong> This recently described species has been identified repeatedly as Onchidoris pusilla<\/em> (Alder & Hancock, 1845) because of its similar morphology: dark brown body due to scores of the same color and completely white rhinophores. However, the gill leaves in K. pictoni<\/em> are of the same color as the body, in contrast to the white gill of the original description and the other reports of true O. pusilla<\/em>. Hallas & Gosliner (2015) reorganize the systematics of the family Onchidorididae Gray, 1827 and unite the species with a median tooth of Onchidoris<\/em> and Adalaria<\/em> in the genus Onchidoris<\/em> Blainville, 1816, which has priority over Adalaria<\/em> Bergh, 1878, while proposing a new genus Knoutsodonta<\/em> (type species Knoutsodonta jannae<\/em> (Millen, 1987)) to group the remaining species without a median tooth in the radula. These authors, however, do not take into account the existence of the genus Atalodoris<\/em> Iredale & O\u2019Donoghue, 1923 (type species Doris pusilla<\/em> Alder & Hancock. 1945) proposed from a type species without a rachidian median tooth, so Knoutsodonta<\/em> is an unnecessary name and all species of “Onchidoris”<\/em> without a median tooth in the radula would be species of Atalodoris<\/em>. Furfaro & Trainito (2017) describe Knoutsodonta pictoni<\/em> and publish a comparative table of the fifteen species they consider to be of this genus, of which 6 are species that live in the Mediterranean (K. pictoni, K. albonigra, K. bouvieri, K. depressa, K. neapolitana<\/em> and K. sparsa<\/em>), taxa that Ortea (2021) proposes to transfer to the genus Atalodoris<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Description
\n<\/strong>Animals of this species may reach up to 13 mm in length, but they do not usually exceed a size of 9-10 mm. The body shape is almost circular and it has a very dark brown color, formed by almost continuous spots of the same color. There are whitish spots near the edge of the mantle. Under the mantle the typical spiculation of the genus can be seen by transparency. The dorsum has slightly conical elevated and well spaced tubercles. The tubercles at the edge of the mantle are smaller. The tubercles have whitish the base and brown the apex. The rhinophores are completely white and retractile; have rudimentary lamellae, up to 10 in the largest specimens. The rhinophoral sheath is not high and has two large tubercles, one antero-internal and one lateral. The gill is formed by up to 9-10 bipinnate leaves in the largest specimens; the gill leaves are arranged in a circle around the anus, they are not retractile, they are semitransparent but they have numerous brown spots that give them a dark color. The intrabranchial circle has three tubercles, two anterior and one posterior, which closes the circle of gill leaves. The foot is whitish but has tiny brownish-red spots, visible with a binocular microscope, and a reddish-brown stain corresponding to the internal viscera. There are also brown spots on the flanks of the body and on the back of the foot. The mouth is located at the center of a sort of oral veil that extends laterally.<\/p>\n

Biology
\n<\/strong>Specimens of this species were known in different points of the Catalan Costa Brava (Spain) since 1992 but were erroneously assigned to the species Onchidoris pusilla<\/em>. It lives under rocks and almost always on colonies of encrusting bryozoans such as Reptadeonella violacea<\/em> (see Furfaro & Trainito, 2017) on which it is usually unnoticed due to its color similarity. The predated areas of the bryozoan colony appear whitish, making it easier to tell if the nudibranch is around or not. The spawn, which is usually laid on top of the bryozoan briozoo, is formed by a semitransparent cord wrapped in a tight circular spiral of up to 7 turns, with numerous white eggs. It has been reported how two animals can lay a complex pattern in which one egg spiral is completely enclosed within another. Eggs are usually laid from April to May.<\/p>\n

Etymology<\/strong><\/p>\n