Diaphorodoris lirulatocauda

Diaphorodoris lirulatocauda is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calycidorididae.[2]

Diaphorodoris lirulatocauda
Diaphorodoris lirulatocauda from Princeton Harbor, California
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea

clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Onchidoridoidea
Family:
Calycidorididae
Genus:
Diaphorodoris
Species:
D. lirulatocauda
Binomial name
Diaphorodoris lirulatocauda
Millen, 1985[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Earl's Cove, British Columbia, 49°45′N 124°01′W.[1] It occurs from Alaska south to Baja California, Mexico.[3]

References
  1. Millen, S. V. (1985). The nudibranch genera Onchidoris & Diaphorodoris (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia) in the northeastern Pacific. Veliger 28(1):80-93.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Diaphorodoris lirulatocauda Millen, 1985. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-21.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2001 (March 10) Diaphorodoris lirulatocauda Millen, 1985. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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