Sclerodoris tuberculata

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Sclerodoris tuberculata
Sclerodoris tuberculata in Bali 2015-09-16.jpg
Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Sclerodoris
Species:
S. tuberculata
Binomial name
Sclerodoris tuberculata
Eliot, 1904 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Doris castaneaKelaart, 1858

Sclerodoris tuberculata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae. [2]

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Distribution

This species was described from Prison Island, Zanzibar Harbour, Zanzibar, Tanzania. It is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. [3]

References

  1. Eliot, C. N. E. (1904). On some nudibranchs from East Africa and Zanzibar part. III. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1903:2:354-385, page 381.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2016). Sclerodoris tuberculata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-05-12
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2002 (May 20) Sclerodoris tuberculata Eliot, 1904. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.