Alloiodoris lanuginata

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Alloiodoris lanuginata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Alloiodoris
Species:
A. lanuginata
Binomial name
Alloiodoris lanuginata
(Abraham, 1877)
Synonyms

Doris lanuginata Abraham, 1877 [1]

Alloiodoris lanuginata is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae. [2]

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Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.

Description

Alloiodoris lanuginata is a dorid nudibranch with a velvet surface. It is beige or brown in colour with scattered dark brown spots. [3]

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References

  1. Abraham P. (1877). Revision of the anthobranchiate nudibranchiate Mollusca with descriptions or notices of forty-one hitherto undescribed species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1877: 196-269, pl. 28-30
  2. Caballer, M.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Alloiodoris lanuginata (Abraham, 1877). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2018-02-02
  3. Alloiodoris lanuginata at iNaturalist. Accessed 2018-02-02.