Platydoris ellioti

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Platydoris ellioti
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Platydoris
Species:
P. ellioti
Binomial name
Platydoris ellioti
(Alder & Hancock, 1864) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Doris elliotiAlder & Hancock, 1864
  • Doris speciosaAbraham, 1877
  • Kentrodoris pseudofuscaRisbec, 1928

Platydoris ellioti is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae. [2]

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Distribution

This species was described from India. It is reported from the East coast of Africa to northern Australia. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Alder, J. and Hancock, A. (1864) Notice of a collection of nudibranchiate mollusca made in India by Walter Elliot Esq., with descriptions of several new genera and species. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 5: 113-147.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Platydoris ellioti (Alder & Hancock, 1864). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-05-11
  3. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2005 (September 14) Platydoris ellioti (Alder & Hancock, 1864). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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