Geitodoris capensis

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Geitodoris capensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Geitodoris
Species:
G. capensis
Binomial name
Geitodoris capensis
Bergh, 1907

Geitodoris capensis is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae. [1]

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References

  1. http://www.nudipixel.net/species/geitodoris_capensis/ Accessed through: Nudipixel on 2012-03-01