Biology:Platydoris ellioti

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Platydoris ellioti
Platydoris ellioti.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Platydoris
Species:
P. ellioti
Binomial name
Platydoris ellioti
(Alder & Hancock, 1864)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Risbec, 1928 Alder & Hancock, 1864
  • Doris speciosa Doris ellioti
  • Abraham, 1877 Kentrodoris pseudofusca

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

Distribution

This species was described from India . It is reported from the East coast of Africa to northern Australia.[3]

References

  1. Alder, J. and Hancock, A. (1864) Notice of a collection of nudibranchiate mollusca made in India by Walter Elliot Esq., with descriptions of several new genera and species. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 5: 113-147.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bouchet, P. (2015). Platydoris ellioti (Alder & Hancock, 1864). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-05-11
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2005 (September 14) Platydoris ellioti (Alder & Hancock, 1864). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14116861 entry