Doris fulva

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Doris fulva
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Dorididae
Genus: Doris
Species:
D. fulva
Binomial name
Doris fulva
(Eliot, 1907) [1]
Synonyms
  • Archidoris fulvaEliot, 1907

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

Distribution

This species was described from Australia.

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References

  1. Eliot, C.N.E. (1907). Nudibranchs from New Zealand and the Falkland Islands. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 7(6): 327-361, page(s): 336-338
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Doris fulva (Eliot, 1907). Accessed on 2021-04-07.