THE DORIDID NUDIBRANCHS OF SINGAPORE

Abstract

The nudibranch family, Dorididae, nas been investigated in Singapore . A total of twenty-nine species and ten genera have been found, of which all have been id ntified to generic level and twenty-five to pecifio level. There are . nine species of Glossodori8 ~enberg , six species of Dendrodoris Ehrenb rg, four species of D1scodoris Bergh, two species each of Pla]ydoris Bergh, Casella H. & A. Adams and 'Rostanga Bergh, and one species each of Ceratoso a Adam and Reeve, Cadlinella Thiel, Otenodoris (Eliot) and Act1nocyclus Ehrenberg. Illustrations to all the species and keys to the genera and species are also provided. The gross internal anatomy of Platydoris s1bogae (Bergh) and Dendrodoris rubra (Kelaart) are also described .