Doriopsilla nigrolineata

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Doriopsilla nigrolineata
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A live Doriopsilla nigrolineata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Phyllidioidea
Family: Dendrodorididae
Genus: Doriopsilla
Species:
D. nigrolineata
Binomial name
Doriopsilla nigrolineata
Meyer, 1977
Synonyms [1]

Doriopsilla areolata nigrolineata Meyer, 1977

Dendrodoris krebsii is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendrodorididae.

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Taxonomy

It was previously considered a subspecies of Doriopsilla areolata Bergh, 1880 by Valdés & Ortea (1997), [2] but Valdés & Hamann (2008) [3] confirmed that it is a distinct species. [1]

Distribution

Distribution of Doriopsilla nigrolineata includes Panama and Honduras. [1]

Description

The shape of the body is oval to elongate. [1] Dorsum is rigid and covered with rounded tubercles. [1] Background color is translucent white to orange, with a series of irregular black lines over the entire dorsum. [1] Bases of tubercles are densely spotted with white. [1] Rhinophores and gill are yellow. [1] The maximum recorded body length is 30 mm. [4] [1]

Ecology

Minimum recorded depth is 3 m. [4] Maximum recorded depth is 12 m. [4] It was found in the depth of 3–6 m of water in Panama. [1]

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References

This article incorporates Creative Commons (CC-BY-4.0) text from the reference [1]

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Goodheart J. A., Ellingson R. A., Vital X. G., Galvão Filho H. C., McCarthy J. B., Medrano S. M., Bhave V. J., García-Méndez K., Jiménez L. M., López G. & Hoover C. A. (2016). "Identification guide to the heterobranch sea slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Bocas del Toro, Panama". Marine Biodiversity Records9(1): 56. doi : 10.1186/s41200-016-0048-z
  2. ↑ Valdés Á. & Ortea J. (1997). "Review of the genus Doriopsilla Bergh, 1880 (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) in the Atlantic Ocean". The Veliger 40: 240–254.
  3. ↑ Valdés Á. & Hamann J. (2008). "Two new species of Doriopsilla from the tropical Western Atlantic with remarks on Cariopsillidae Ortea & Espinosa, 2005". The Veliger50: 210–218.
  4. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
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