Doris tricolor

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Doris tricolor
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Doris tricolor, at 4 m, Osezaki, Japan
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Dorididae
Genus: Doris
Species:
D. tricolor
Binomial name
Doris tricolor
(Baba, 1938) [1]
Synonyms
  • Neodoris tricolorBaba, 1938

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

Distribution

This species was described from Japan. It was later redescribed and compared with Doris sugashimae . [3] It has been reported from 2 m depth at Kazino hama, Jogashima, Miura Peninsula. [4]

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References

  1. Baba, K. (1938). Opisthobranchia of Kii, Middle Japan. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University. 6(1): 1-19.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Doris tricolor (Baba, 1938). Accessed on 2021-04-08.
  3. Baba, K. (1998). Anatomical review of Archidoris tricolor (Baba, (Opistobranchia: Nudibranchia: Dorididae) with the description of a new species from Japan. Venus, Japanese Journal of Malacology. 57(3): 155-160.
  4. 2019, Doris tricolor (Baba, 1938) SeaSlug World