Aphelodoris luctuosa

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Aphelodoris luctuosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Dorididae
Genus: Aphelodoris
Species:
A. luctuosa
Binomial name
Aphelodoris luctuosa
(Cheeseman, 1882)

Aphelodoris luctuosa is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Dorididae. [1] It is endemic to New Zealand waters [source: NZOR. It has the following names as synonyms: [2]

It must not be confused with Aphelodoris luctuosa Bergh, 1905, which has been renamed Aphelodoris berghi Odhner, 1924, because of the homonymy.

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References

  1. Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
  2. Enderby, T. & Enderby, J. 2005. New Zealand's endemic nudibranchs (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia). Vita malacologica, (3): 1-10.