Acanthodoris atrogriseata

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Acanthodoris atrogriseata
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Acanthodoris atrogriseata from Seattle, Washington.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Onchidorididae
Genus: Acanthodoris
Species:
A. atrogriseata
Binomial name
Acanthodoris atrogriseata
O'Donoghue, 1927 [1]

Acanthodoris atrogriseata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae. [2]

Distribution

This species was described from specimens found beneath stones in the intertidal region at False Narrows, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, Canada. It has been reported from Kiska Island, Alaska to Morro Bay, California. [3] It has been considered to be a synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa by many authors but has been shown to be a distinct species by molecular phylogeny. [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. O’Donoghue, C., 1927. Notes on the Nudibranchiate Mollusca from the Vancouver Island Region. 5. Transactions of the Royal Canadian Institute, vol. 16, pp. 1–12, pl. 1.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Acanthodoris atrogriseata O'Donoghue, 1927. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-11.
  3. Behrens, D. W., & Hermosillo, A. (2005) Eastern Pacific nudibranchs, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. vi + 137 pp., 314 photos. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, page 56 as Acanthodoris pilosa.
  4. Hallas, J.M., Simison, W.B. & Gosliner, T.M. (2016) Dating and biogeographical patterns in the sea slug genus Acanthodoris Gray, 1850 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 97: 19-31.
  5. Hallas, JM and Gosliner, TM. (2015) Family Matters: the first molecular phylogeny of the Onchidorididae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 88: 16-27.
  6. Wakeling, M., 2002 (May 29) Acanthodoris pilosa from British Columbia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.