| Doris fontainii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Dorididae |
| Genus: | Doris |
| Species: | D. fontainii |
| Binomial name | |
| Doris fontainii | |
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This species was described from Chile. It has been reported from northern Argentina southwards on the Atlantic Ocean coast of South America and from Peru southwards on the Pacific coast of South America. It is also recorded from Tristan da Cunha. [3]
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