Doris granulosa

Doris granulosa
Doris granulosa, la Réunion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Dorididae
Genus: Doris
Species: D. granulosa
Binomial name
Doris granulosa
(Pease, 1860)[1]
Synonyms
  • Doriopsis granulosa Pease, 1860 (original combination)
  • tenodoris aurantiaca (Eliot, 1913)
  • Doriopsis pecten (Collingwood, 1881)
  • Doriopsis scabra Pease, 1871
  • Doris aurantiaca Eliot, 1913
  • Doris pecten Collingwood, 1881
  • Guyonia flava Risbec, 1928

Doris granulosa is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dorididae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from the Sandwich Islands. It has been reported from many places in the Indo-West Pacific.[3] Different colour forms may turn out to be a species complex.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Pease, W.H. (1860). Descriptions of new species of mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 28: 18-37.
  2. ↑ Gofas, S. (2015). Doris granulosa (Pease, 1860). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-03.
  3. 1 2 Rudman, W.B., 2003 (March 7) Doriopsis granulosa Pease, 1860. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2003 (March 6) Doriopsis pecten (Collingwood, 1881). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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