Doris caeca

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Doris caeca
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Dorididae
Genus: Doris
Species:
D. caeca
Binomial name
Doris caeca
(Valdés, 2001) [1]
Synonyms
  • Austrodoris caecaValdés, 2001

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

Distribution

This species was described from 791 to 795 m depth, Banc Combe, in the Pacific Ocean 12°15′S177°28′W / 12.250°S 177.467°W / -12.250; -177.467 and a number of sites in the same area, to as far south as New Caledonia 23°10′S166°43′E / 23.167°S 166.717°E / -23.167; 166.717 between 650 and 1300 m depth. [1]

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