Thordisa lurca

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Thordisa lurca
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Thordisa
Species:
T. lurca
Binomial name
Thordisa lurca
Synonyms
  • Nuvuca lurcaEv. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967 [1]

Thordisa lurca is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the family Discodorididae. [2]

Distribution

This species was described from the Caribbean Sea. It has been reported from Brazil. [3]

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References

  1. Marcus, Eveline; Marcus, Ernst (1967). "Biological Investigations of the Deep Sea. 33. Opisthobranchs from the Southwestern Caribbean Sea". Bulletin of Marine Science. 17 (3): 621–623.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Thordisa lurca". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species.
  3. Garcia, Francisco J.; Dominguez, Marta; Troncoso, Jesús S. (2007). "Biogeographic considerations of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca : Gastropoda) fauna from the Brazilian littoral and nearby areas". Bonner Zoologische Beiträge. 55 (3–4): 218. BHL page 44801616.