| Geitodoris granulata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Geitodoris |
| Species: | G. granulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Geitodoris granulata Lin & Wu, 1994 | |
Geitodoris granulata is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae. [1]
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