Doriopsilla espinosai

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Doriopsilla espinosai
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Phyllidioidea
Family: Dendrodorididae
Genus: Doriopsilla
Species:
D. espinosai
Binomial name
Doriopsilla espinosai
Valdés & Ortea, 1998 [1]

Doriopsilla espinosai is a species of dorid nudibranch, a colourful sea slug, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendrodorididae. [2]

Distribution

This species was described from Cuba, Caribbean Sea. It has been reported from the Bahamas. [3]

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References

  1. Valdés, Á.; Ortea, J. (1998). A new species of Doriopsilla (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Dendrodorididae) from Cuba. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, series 4. 50(18):389-396.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Doriopsilla espinosai Valdés & Ortea, 1998. Accessed on 2018-03-30.
  3. Valdés, Ángel; Hamann, Jeff; Behrens, David W.; DuPont, Anne. Caribbean Sea Slugs, Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Etc., Gig Harbor, Washington 2006, pp. 116-117. ISBN   0-9700574-2-3