Baptodoris mimetica

Baptodoris mimetica is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.[2]

Baptodoris mimetica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily:
Doridoidea
Family:
Discodorididae
Genus:
Baptodoris
Species:
B. mimetica
Binomial name
Baptodoris mimetica
Gosliner, 1991[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Asilomar State Park, Pacific Grove, California, with additional specimens from Santa Cruz, Carmel and Isla San Martin, Baja California, Mexico.

References
  1. Gosliner, T.M. (1991) Four new species and a new genus of opisthobranch gastropods from the Pacific coast of North America. The Veliger, 34(3): 272-290.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Baptodoris mimetica Gosliner, 1991. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-14.


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