| Glossodoris moerchi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Glossodoris |
| Species: | G. moerchi |
| Binomial name | |
| Glossodoris moerchi (Bergh, 1879) [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Glossodoris moerchi is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. [3]
The type locality for this species is Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Caribbean Sea. [1]
Glossodoris moerchi is most likely to be a species of Felimare as Mörch describes it as similar to Felimare villafranca but with a network of lines formed of rounded, triangular or hexagonal spots. [2] The name Glossodoris moerchi was introduced by Bergh because Goniodoris picturata was preoccupied. [4]
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Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch was a biologist, specifically a malacologist. He lived in Sweden, in Denmark, and in France.
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