Biology:Thordisa lurca

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Thordisa lurca
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Thordisa
Species:
T. lurca
Binomial name
Thordisa lurca
(Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
Synonyms
  • Nuvuca lurca Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967[1]

Thordisa lurca is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the family Discodorididae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from the Caribbean Sea. It has been reported from Brazil.[3]

References

  1. Marcus, Eveline; Marcus, Ernst (1967). "Biological Investigations of the Deep Sea. 33. Opisthobranchs from the Southwestern Caribbean Sea". Bulletin of Marine Science 17 (3): 621–623. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1967/00000017/00000003/art00006. 
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2015). "Thordisa lurca". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532272. 
  3. Garcia, Francisco J.; Dominguez, Marta; Troncoso, Jesús S. (2007). "Biogeographic considerations of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca : Gastropoda) fauna from the Brazilian littoral and nearby areas". Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 55 (3–4): 218. BHL page 44801616. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3990789 entry