Sclerodoris tuberculata

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

Sclerodoris tuberculata
Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea

clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Doridoidea
Family:
Discodorididae
Genus:
Sclerodoris
Species:
S. tuberculata
Binomial name
Sclerodoris tuberculata
Eliot, 1904[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Doris castanea Kelaart, 1858

Distribution

This species was described from Prison Island, Zanzibar Harbour, Zanzibar, Tanzania. It is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific Ocean.[3]

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 381.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2016). Sclerodoris tuberculata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-05-12
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2002 (May 20) Sclerodoris tuberculata Eliot, 1904. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.



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