Doris sanguinea Rüppell and Leuckart, 1830

Tibiriçá, Yara, Pola, Marta, Pittman, Cory, Gosliner, Terrence M., Malaquias, Manuel A. & Cervera, Juan Lucas, 2023, A Spanish dancer? No! A troupe of dancers: a review of the family Hexabranchidae Bergh, 1891 (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Nudibranchia), Organisms Diversity & Evolution (New York, N. Y.) 23 (4), pp. 697-742 : 727

Doris sanguinea Rüppell and Leuckart, 1830 (Fig. 26C)

Description notes Description based on three specimens; no internal features included: approximate size 150 mm; mantle margin extended, except anteriorly; blood-red notum; white band surrounding mantle; upper rhinophores darker; often, six gill leaves; gill leaves whitish-rose, quite far apart; smaller specimen with five gill leaves, one appearing to be fused; gills contractile, non-retractable. ◂ Fig. 26 Original illustrations of Hexabranchus species. A Doris lacer in Cuvier (1804). B Hexabranchus praetextus in Ehrenberg (1828). C Doris sanguinea in Rüppell and Leuckart (1830). D Doris marginata in Quoy and Gaimard (1832). E Doris flammulata in Quoy and Gaimard (1832). F Hexabranchus sandwichensis in Gray (1850). G Doris sandwichiensis in Eydoux and Souleyet (1841). H Heptabranchus burnettii in Adams and Adams (1858). I Hexabranchus adamsii in Gray (1850). J Doris superba in Gould (1852). K Doris cardinalis in Gould (1852). L Doris sumptuosa in Gould (1852). M Hexabranchus pulchellus in Pease (1860). N Hexabranchus pellucidulus in Abraham (1876). O Hexabranchus suezensis in Abraham (1876). P Aethedoris indica in Abraham (1877). Q Hexabranchus orbiculares in Abraham (1877). R Hexabranchus faustus in Bergh (1878). S Albania formosa in Collingwood (1881). T Doris imperialis in Saville-Kent (1897). U Hexabranchus plicatus in Hägg (1901). V Hexabranchus marginatus var. moebii . in Bergh (1892). W Hexabranchus tinkeri in Ostergaard (1955). X Hexabranchus aureomarginatus in Ostergaard (1955)