Platydoris scabra

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Platydoris scabra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Platydoris
Species:
P. scabra
Binomial name
Platydoris scabra
(Cuvier, 1804)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Platydoris eurychlamys Bergh, 1877
  • Platydoris noumeae Risbec, 1928

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

Distribution[edit]

This species was described from Timor.[1] It is reported widely in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Cuvier, G. L. (1804). Mémoire sur le genre Doris.Doris scabra, page 466. Annales du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 4, 447–473.
  2. ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2015). Platydoris scabra. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-05-11
  3. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (September 11) Platydoris scabra (Cuvier, 1804). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

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