Martadoris amakusana
Martadoris amakusana is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.[2] It was originally placed in Tambja before being re-assigned to the new genus Martadoris in 2017.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Genus: | Martadoris |
| Species: | M. amakusana |
| Binomial name | |
| Martadoris amakusana (Baba, 1987) | |
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Distribution
This species was described from Tomioka, Amakusa, Japan. It has been reported from Bali, Indonesia.[4]
References
- Baba, K. 1987. Two new green-colored species of Tambja from Japan (Nudibranchia: Polyceridae). Venus 46(1):13–18.
- MolluscaBase (2018). Martadoris amakusana (Baba, 1987). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-08-20.
- Willan R.C. & Chang Y.-W. [Yen-Wei]. (2017). Description of three new species of Tambja (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Polyceridae) from the western Pacific Ocean reveals morphological characters with taxonomic and phylogenetic significance for traditional Polyceridae and related 'phanerobranch' nudibranchs. Basteria. 81(1-3): 1-23.
- Behrens, D. W., 2003. Tambja amakusana from Bali. Retrieved 09-09-2018.
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