Doris alboranica

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Doris alboranica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Dorididae
Genus: Doris
Species:
D. alboranica
Binomial name
Doris alboranica
Bouchet, 1977 [1]

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

Distribution

This species was described from a single specimen found in deep water (910 m depth) at 36°05′N4°52′W / 36.083°N 4.867°W / 36.083; -4.867 in the Alboran Sea.

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References

  1. Bouchet P. (1977). Opisthobranches de profondeur de l'Ocean Atlantique. II Notaspidea et Nudibranchiata. Journal of Molluscan Studies 43 (1): 28-60 page(s): 29-34
  2. Gofas, S. (2004). Doris alboranica Bouchet, 1977. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-28.