Acanthodoris metulifera

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Acanthodoris metulifera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Onchidorididae
Genus: Acanthodoris
Species:
A. metulifera
Binomial name
Acanthodoris metulifera
Bergh, 1905 [1]

Acanthodoris metulifera 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 the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. [3] It has not been reported since the original description and may be synonymous with Acanthodoris nanega and Acanthodoris globosa . [4]

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References

  1. Bergh, L. S. R. (1905) Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr. Carl Gottfried Semper. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 9, Theil 6, Lief. 2, pp. 57-118, pls. 5-8.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Acanthodoris metulifera Bergh, 1905. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-12.
  3. Burn R. (2006) A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine Museum Victoria Science Reports 10:1–42.
  4. 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.