Doriprismatica balut Matsuda & Gosliner 2018, sp. nov.

• Main Authors: Matsuda, Shayle B., Gosliner, Terrence M.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Mollusca; Gastropoda; Nudibranchia; Chromodorididae; Doriprismatica; Doriprismatica balut; Northwest passage
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5981640; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/140387BF486AF00B0D88FA48FC42F841

Doriprismatica balut Matsuda and Gosliner, sp. nov. Figures (2H, 11A, B, 12, 13A–C) Glossodoris sp. 1 Gosliner et al . 2008: p. 234, upper middle photo. Doriprismatica sp. 1 Gosliner et al . 2015: p. 239, left middle photo. Doriprismatica sp. A Matsuda & Gosliner 2017. Type Material . Holotype : NMP 0 41278 (ex CASIZ-186096), one specimen 12 mm preserved, Philippines, Luzon, Batangas Province, Mabini (Calumpan Peninsula), Maricaban Strait, Murals dive site, coll: T.M. Gosliner, 3 May 2011, Hearst Philippine Biodiversity Expedition 2011, orig. fixative 95% EtOH. This specimen was tissue sampled (foot) for DNA analysis in Matsuda & Gosliner (2017), GenBank: KT600688 (COI). Paratypes : CASIZ-186095, one specimen, dissected, 10 mm preserved, Philippines, Batangas Province, Maricaban Island, Sepok Point, coll: M. Burke, 25 May 2011, Hearst Philippine Biodiversity Expedition 2011, orig. fixative 95% EtOH. This specimen was tissue sampled (foot) for DNA analysis in Matsuda & Gosliner (2017). CASIZ-105745A and 105745B, two specimens, dissected, (A) 13 mm preserved (B) 10.5 mm preserved, Philippines, Mindoro Island, North side of the island, mouth of the northwest passage, coll: R. McPeak, 28 February 1995, orig. fixative Bouin’s solution. CASIZ-182787, one specimen 8 mm preserved, Philippines, Batangas Province, Maricaban Island, Caban Island, Layag Layag, coll: T.M. Gosliner, 18 May 2010, Philippines Expedition 2010, orig. fixative 95% EtOH. CASIZ-208500, two specimens, Philippines, Mindoro: Oriental Mindoro Province, Puerto Galera, Palangan Point, coll: T.M. Gosliner, 0 7 April 2015, 2015 Verde Island Passage Expedition, orig. fixative 95% EtOH. Etymology . Doriprismatica balut is named after the Filipino food, “ balut ”, which is a boiled duck egg that contains a developed embryo, to represent the presumed direct development of D. balut , based on its large egg size (Fig. 11B). Distribution . Specimens analyzed here have only been identified in the Philippines, although it has also been recorded from ...