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Doriopsilla rarispinosa <\/em>Pruvot-Fol, 1951<\/h3>\n

\"Doriopsilla<\/div>
Doriopsilla rarispinosa @ Costa Brava<\/em> by Enric Madrenas<\/center><\/span>

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WoRMS Taxonomic Information<\/h3>
Current accepted name: Doriopsilla rarispinosa<\/em> Pruvot-Fol, 1951<\/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>Phyllidioidea<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Family<\/th>Dendrodorididae<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Genus<\/th>Doriopsilla<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Species<\/th>Doriopsilla rarispinosa<\/em> Pruvot-Fol, 1951<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/table>

Classification provided by the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). [537051<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>Taxonomic note
\n<\/strong>The results of the study by Furfaro et al (2022) revealed that Doriopsilla areolata<\/em>, as previously conceived, is a complex of cryptic species that includes at least two different species, D. areolata<\/em> and D. rarispinosa<\/em>, endemic to the Mediterranean Sea. D. rarispinosa<\/em> was previously considered a synonym of D. areolata<\/em> but this work reinstated it as a valid species based on molecular analysis.<\/p>\n

Description
\n<\/strong>This species can reach 25 mm in length. Body flattened, resembling a sea sponge. Its general coloring is variable, it can go from yellow-gold background to almost white, with darker tones that correspond to the internal organs of the body, visible due to a certain transparency of the tissues. The back is decorated by several opaque white circular spots surrounding the dorsal flattened tubercles, and two or more of these spots could join to form a bigger single one. The ventral mantle is very spiculous, with wide margins. The rinophores are about 3 mm long, with a large mucron, coloured of a slightly paler shade than the color of the body, and with a semi-transparent laminar base. The gill consists of 5 tripinnate or quadripinnate leaves about 10 mm long, and colored pale brown or yellowish. The foot is narrow and spiculous, with spicules arranged transversely. The mouth lacks the labial palps as with all Dendrodorididae.<\/p>\n

Biology
\n<\/strong>D. rarispinosa <\/i>is often found on the tidal zone, under stones with sponges and brotrillids, despite food source is unknown for this species. The spawn is transparent and is composed of a pyramidal section ribbon attached to the substrate forming a spire with a single wide whorl. Eggs have a size of 12 microns and are enclosed in a 35 microns ovigerous capsule.<\/p>\n

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