Doris viridis

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Doris viridis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Dorididae
Genus: Doris
Species:
D. viridis
Binomial name
Doris viridis
(Pease, 1861) [1]
Synonyms

Doriopsis viridisPease, 1861

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

Distribution

This species was described from Tahiti. It has been reported from the Hawaiian Islands [3] and Red Beach, Hontou (East coast), Okinawa, Japan. [4]

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References

  1. Pease, W. H. 1861. Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Pacific Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, pp. 242-247, page 244.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2016). Doris viridis (Pease, 1861). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-05.
  3. Pittman, C. & Fiene, P. (2016) Doris viridis Pease, 1861 In: Sea Slugs of Hawaii
  4. 2015 Doris viridis Pease, 1861 SeaSlug World.