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Doris chrysoderma 
Doris chrysoderma Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade EuctenidiaceaSuperfamily: Doridoidea Family: Dorididae Genus: Doris Species: D. chrysoderma Binomial name Doris chrysoderma
(Angas, 1864)[1]Synonyms Neodoris chrysoderma (Angas, 1864) [1]
Doris chrysoderma is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dorididae.[2]
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Distribution
This species has been found in temperate waters in Southern Australia ranging from New South Wales to Western Australia.[3]
The type locality is Port Jackson.[1]
Description
This sublittoral species has a background colour ranging from bright yellow to a fairly pale cream. D. chrysoderma always have rounded white pustules. This species grows to approximately 30 mm.[4]
References
- ^ a b c Angas G. F. (1864). "Description d'espèces nouvelles appartenant à plusieurs genres de Mollusques Nudibranches des environs de Port-Jackson (Nouvelles-Galles du Sud), accompagnée de dessins faits d'après nature". Journal de Conchyliologie 12: 43-70. page 46, plate 4, figure 3.
- ^ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
- ^ http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=neodchry
- ^ http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=neodchry
Further reading
- Gary R. McDonald, University of California Santa Cruz (29 luglio 2006). Nudibranch Systematic Index, University of California Santa Cruz. Institute of Marine Sciences.
- Burn R. (2006) A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Reports 10:1–42
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