Caloria guenanti

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Caloria guenanti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Facelinidae
Genus: Caloria
Species:
C. guenanti
Binomial name
Caloria guenanti
(Risbec, 1928) [1]
Synonyms
  • Aeolidia guenantiRisbec, 1928

Caloria guenanti is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae. [2]

Distribution

This species was described from New Caledonia. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Risbec, J. 1928. Contribution a l'etude des nudibranches Néo-Calédoniens. Thèse présentée à la faculté des sciences de l'Université de Paris pour obtenir le grade de docteur ès-sciences naturelles. Faune des Colonies Française 2(1):1-328, pls. 1-12.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Caloria guenanti (Risbec, 1928). Accessed on 2018-02-17.