Sclerodoris coriacea

Sclerodoris coriacea is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.[2]

Sclerodoris coriacea
Sclerodoris coriacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Sclerodoris
Species:
S. coriacea
Binomial name
Sclerodoris coriacea
Eliot, 1904 [1]

Distribution

This species was described from a cave near Chuaka, on the east coast of Zanzibar, East Africa.

References

  1. Eliot, C. N. E. (1904). On some nudibranchs from East Africa and Zanzibar part. III. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1903:2:354-385, page 383, plate XXXIV, fig. 3. [Dated December 1st 1903 but not published until April 1904].
  2. Bouchet, P. (2016). Sclerodoris coriacea. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-05-12.
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