Geitodoris heathi

Taxobox
name = "Geitodoris heathi"

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image_caption = "Geitodoris heathi" in a Central California tide pool, surrounded by red algae and bryozoans
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Opisthobranchia
subordo = Nudibranchia
familia = Dorididae
genus = "Geitodoris"
species = "G. heathi"
binomial = "Geitodoris heathi"
binomial_authority = (Macfarland, 1905)
synonyms = "Discodoris heathi"

"Geitodoris heathi", common name "Heath's dorid", is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dorididae.

Distribution

This species of dorid nudibranch lives in the eastern Pacific, from Alaska to Baja California.

Description

This nudibranch grows to be about 45 mm, or almost 2 inches in length. It can be white or yellow or even a sort of pinkish color, and sometimes has small dark spots.

References

Books

* Behrens David W., 1980, "Pacific Coast Nudibranchs: a guide to the opisthobranchs of the northeastern Pacific", Sea Challenger Books, California

External links

* Sea Slug Forum fact sheet for this species: [http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall.cfm?base=geitheat]