Geitodoris heathi

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Geitodoris heathi
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Geitodoris heathi in a Central California tide pool, surrounded by red algae and bryozoans
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Geitodoris
Species:
G. heathi
Binomial name
Geitodoris heathi
(MacFarland, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Discodoris fulvaO'Donoghue, 1924
  • Discodoris heathiMacFarland, 1905 (original combination)

Geitodoris heathi, common name "Heath's dorid", is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dorididae. [1] [2]

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Distribution

This species of dorid nudibranch lives in the eastern Pacific, from Alaska to Baja California.

Description

This nudibranch grows to be about 45 mm, or almost 2 inches in length. It can be white, yellow, or even a sort of pinkish color. It often sports small dark speckles that may appear as large brown patches to the naked eye. These dark speckles also often cause their gills to appear as a dusty colour, as well. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Dayrat B. 2010. A monographic revision of discodorid sea slugs (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia, Doridina). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, vol. 61, suppl. I, 1-403, 382 figs., available online at "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 8, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579047 on 2012-03-01
  2. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Geitodoris heathi (MacFarland, 1905). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579047 on 2016-05-21
  3. ↑ "Heath's dorid • Geitodoris heathi". Biodiversity of the Central Coast. Retrieved 2023-07-15.

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