Doris nucleola

Last updated

Doris nucleola
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Dorididae
Genus: Doris
Species:
D. nucleola
Binomial name
Doris nucleola
Pease, 1860 [1]

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

Distribution

This species was described from the Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands). It has been confused with Doris immonda and is considered unrecognisable by some authors. [3]

Related Research Articles

<i>Doris</i> (gastropod) Genus of gastropods

Doris is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs. These animals are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Dorididae.

<i>Philinopsis</i> Genus of gastropods

Philiopsis is a genus of often colorful, medium-sized sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks. These are not nudibranchs; instead they are headshield slugs, in the clade Cephalaspidea.

William Harper Pease (1824–1871) was a 19th-century American conchologist, shell collector and malacologist. He described many species of Indo-Pacific marine mollusks from the Cuming collection.

Doriopsis is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs. These animals are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Dorididae.

<i>Goniobranchus albopustulosus</i> Species of gastropod

Goniobranchus albopustulosus is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.

<i>Goniobranchus vibratus</i> Species of gastropod

Goniobranchus vibratus, common name trembling nudibranch, is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.

Marionia hawaiiensis is a species of dendronotid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae.

<i>Hypselodoris imperialis</i> Species of gastropod

Hypselodoris imperialis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.

Kermia brunnea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

<i>Kermia lutea</i> Species of gastropod

Kermia lutea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

Hypselodoris peasei is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.

Plocamopherus maculatus is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.

<i>Goniobranchus decorus</i> Species of gastropod

Goniobranchus decorus is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.

<i>Hoplodoris grandiflora</i> Species of gastropod

Hoplodoris grandiflora is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.

Pleurobranchus varians is a species of sea slug, a sidegill slug, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurobranchidae.

Atagema echinata is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.

Atagema scabriuscula is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.

<i>Doriopsis granulosa</i> Species of gastropod

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

Doris viridis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dorididae.

Doris immonda is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dorididae.

References

  1. Pease W.H. (1860). Descriptions of new species of mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 28: 18-36; 141-148.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Doris nucleola Pease, 1860. Accessed on 2021-04-08.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (April 14) Siraius immonda (Risbec, 1928). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.