Armina gilchristi
Armina gilchristi is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Arminidae.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Arminidae |
| Genus: | Armina |
| Species: | A. gilchristi |
| Binomial name | |
| Armina gilchristi White, 1955 | |
Description
This species has a dark, grey and black mantle with longitudinal white, granulose ridges.[2][3]
Distribution
Armina gilchristi is endemic to the waters off Southern Africa.[2]
References
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Armina gilchristi White, 1955".
- Gosliner, Terrence M.; Fahey, Shireen J. (1 February 2011). "Previously undocumented diversity and abundance of cryptic species: a phylogenetic analysis of Indo-Pacific Arminidae Rafinesque, 1814 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) with descriptions of 20 new species of Dermatobranchus". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 245–356. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00649.x. PMC 3073124. PMID 21527987.
- "Armina gilchristi White, 1955 - Arminidae » Nudi Pixel". Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
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