Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

White Mantle Glossodoris
Glossodoris buko
White Mantle Glossodoris
Category: Dorid Nudibranchs
Scientific Name: Glossodoris buko
Size: Up to 1.25 in. (3 cm)  
Distribution: Indonesia, Red Sea, Papua New Guinea
Previously confused with Glossodoris pallida, which is confined to the Indian ocean and Red Sea
Mollusca (Phylum) Mollusks
└Gastropoda (Class) Gastropods
 └Heterobranchia (Subclass) Heterobranchs
  └Euthyneura (Infraclass)
   └Nudipleura (Superorder)
    └Doridida (Order)
     └Doridoidei (Infraorder) Dorid Nudibranchs
      └Chromodoridoidea (Superfamily)
       └Chromodorididae (Family)
        └Chromodoridinae (Subfamily)
         └Glossodoris (Genus)
          └G. buko (Species)
WoRMS ID: 1264642🔗
iNaturalist ID: 778448🔗

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