Platydoris formosa

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Platydoris formosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Platydoris
Species:
P. formosa
Binomial name
Platydoris formosa
(Alder & Hancock, 1864) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Doris formosaAlder & Hancock, 1864

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

Distribution

This species was described from India. It is widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific from Zanzibar, Africa to Hawaii. [3]

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References

  1. Alder, J. & 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 Caballer, M. (2015). Platydoris formosa. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-05-11
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (September 11) Platydoris formosa (Alder & Hancock, 1864). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.