Acanthodoris globosa

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Acanthodoris globosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Onchidorididae
Genus: Acanthodoris
Species:
A. globosa
Binomial name
Acanthodoris globosa
Abraham, 1877 [1]

Acanthodoris globosa 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 New Zealand. It has not been reported since the original description. [3]

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References

  1. Abraham, P. S. (1877) Revision of the anthobranchiate nudibranchiate Mollusca, with descriptions or notices of forty-one hitherto undescribed species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pp. 196-269, pls. 27-30, page 228, page 262, plate XXX figs 5-9.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Acanthodoris globosa Abraham, 1877. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-11.
  3. Fahey S. & Valdés A. (2005). A review of Acanthodoris Gray, 1850 with a Phylogenetic Analysis of Onchidorididae Alder and Hancock, 1845 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia). Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 56: 213-272.