Aplysiopsis nigra ( Baba, 1949 )

Jung, Daewui, Lee, Jongrak & Kim, Chang-Bae, 2014, A report of four unrecorded species of opisthobranch molluscs from Korea, Journal of Species Research 3 (1), pp. 1-6 : 4-5

Aplysiopsis nigra ( Baba, 1949) ( Fig. 2 )

Hermaeina nigra Baba, 1949: 15 , text-fig. 22-23, 33-34, 130-131, pl. 8, fig. 24; Baba, 1959: 332.

Aplysiopsis nigra: Okutani, 2000: 763 .

Materials examined. 1 individual, Seongsan-ri , Seongsan-eup, Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do, Korea, 29 April 2013 (D. Jung) (KOSPIV0000185830) .

Description. Body aeolidiform; ground color black; body length about 23 mm and width 4 mm in preserved specimen. Rhinophore with a white patch reaching from its tip to its eye. Branchial papillae slightly fusiform, black; tips white to yellow, rounded end ( Fig. 2A, B ); inner surface convex with white veins ( Fig. 2C ); outer surface flat, veins absent; arranged in 25 rows, forming into 2-4 files. Oral tentacles digitiform, short; tips with yellowish white. Foot little wide anteriorly, posterior narrow; margin yellowish white; sole dark gray ( Fig. 2D ).

Distribution. Korea, Japan.

Figures

Fig. 2. Aplysiopsis nigra (Baba, 1949). A. dorsal view. B. ventral view. C. branchial papillae. D. ventral view of head and sole of foot. A-D. preserved specimen(body length: 23mm, width: 4 mm). Scales=5mm.