Chromodoris albonotata

Chromodoris albonotata is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Chromodoris albonotata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Chromodoris
Species:
C. albonotata
Binomial name
Chromodoris albonotata
Bergh, 1875[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Tahiti. It was reported from Hawaii by Bertsch & Johnson (1981)[3] but this was an erroneous identification.[4]

References

  1. Bergh, L.S.R. 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Aeolidiaden. III. Verhandlungen der königlichkaiserlich Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (Abhandlungen) 25:633-658, pls. 13-15.
  2. Caballer, M. (2015). Chromodoris albonotata Bergh, 1875. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-20
  3. Bertsch, H. & Johnson, S. (1981) Hawaiian Nudibranchs. Oriental Publishing Co., Honolulu. 112 pp.
  4. Bertsch, H. & Gosliner, T. (1989) Chromodorid nudibranchs from the Hawaiian Islands. The Veliger, 32 p.261


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