Doriopsis granulosa

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Doriopsis granulosa
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Doriopsis granulosa, la Réunion
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Dorididae
Genus: Doriopsis
Species:
D. granulosa
Binomial name
Doriopsis granulosa
Pease, 1860 [1]
Synonyms
  • Doris granulosa(Pease, 1860)
  • Ctenodoris aurantiaca(Eliot, 1913)
  • Doriopsis scabraPease, 1871
  • Doris aurantiacaEliot, 1913
  • Guyonia flavaRisbec, 1928

Doriopsis granulosa is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dorididae. [2]

Distribution

This species was described from the Sandwich Islands. It has been reported from many places in the Indo-West Pacific. [3] Different colour forms may turn out to be a species complex. [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Pease, W.H. (1860). Descriptions of new species of mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 28: 18-37.
  2. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2017). Doriopsis granulosa Pease, 1860. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-02-04.
  3. 1 2 Rudman, W.B., 2003 (March 7) Doriopsis granulosa Pease, 1860. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2003 (March 6) Doriopsis pecten (Collingwood, 1881). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. ↑ Yonow N. (2017). Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 16. The Nudibranchia - Dendronotina, Arminina, Aeolidina, and Doridina (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 146(1): 135-172.
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