Order: Nudibranchia Cuvier, 1817 - Suborder: Doridina

Family: Calycidorididae Roginskaya, 1972

Diaphorodoris alba Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960

Porto Badisco (Lecce, Italy) Ionian Sea, 20m deep, 14,5°, 22 Apr 2025.

Questa specie è stata osservata per la prima volta nel Salento dal nostro amico Romualdo Rizzo, che ci ha fornito le immagini che vi proponiamo.

This species was observed for the first time in Salento by our friend Romualdo Rizzo, who provided us with the images we offer you.

Porto Badisco (Lecce, Italy) Ionian Sea, 20m deep, 14,5°, 22 Apr 2025.
Porto Badisco (Lecce, Italy) Ionian Sea, 20m deep, 14,5°, 22 Apr 2025.
Porto Badisco (Lecce, Italy) Ionian Sea, 20m deep, 14,5°, 22 Apr 2025.
Porto Badisco (Lecce, Italy) Ionian Sea, 20m deep, 14,5°, 22 Apr 2025.
Porto Badisco (Lecce, Italy) Ionian Sea, 20m deep, 14,5°, 22 Apr 2025.

Bibliography

Furfaro G., Vitale F., Licchelli C. e Mariottini P. 2020 Two Seas for One Great Diversity: Checklist of the Marine Heterobranchia (Mollusca; Gastropoda) from the Salento Peninsula (South-East Italy) Diversity 2020, 12, 171; doi:10.3390/d12050171