Diaphorodoris alba
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| Diaphorodoris alba, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | D. alba
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| Diaphorodoris alba Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960[1]
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Diaphorodoris alba is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calycidorididae.[2]
Distribution[edit]
This species was described from Banyuls-sur-Mer and Villefranche-sur-Mer, France and Naples, Italy. It is reported from Pembrokeshire, Wales and on coasts of the Atlantic Ocean south to the Mediterranean Sea.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Portmann, A. & Sandmeier, E. (1960). Zur kenntnis von Diaphorodoris (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) und ihrer mediterranen Formen. Verhandelungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel, 71, 174–183.
- ^ Furfaro, G., Picton, B., Martynov, A. & Mariottini, P., (2016). Diaphorodoris alba Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960 is a valid species: molecular and morphological comparison with D. luteocincta (M. Sars, 1870) (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia). Zootaxa 4193 (2):304-316. http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4193.2.6
- ^ Pontes, Miquel, Manuel Ballesteros, Enric Madrenas et al. (2012-2016) Diaphorodoris alba in OPK-Opistobranquis, Published: 18/11/2016, Accessed: 20/11/2016.
External links[edit]
- Photos of Diaphorodoris alba on Sealife Collection