Biology:Doris elegans

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Doris elegans
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Dorididae
Genus: Doris
Species:
D. elegans
Binomial name
Doris elegans
Quoy & Gaimard, 1832[1]

Doris elegans is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dorididae.[2]

Distribution

The type locality is not given and this species has not been recognised by subsequent authors.

References

  1. Quoy J.R.C. & Gaimard J.P. (1832-1835). Voyage de découvertes de l'"Astrolabe" exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie 2(1): 1-321 [1832] Paris: Tastu. Description: page 273 Illustrations: Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833]. Plate 20 figs. 12-14
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Doris elegans Quoy & Gaimard, 1832. Accessed on 2021-04-06.

Wikidata ☰ Q13596127 entry