Dondice galaxiana

Dondice galaxiana is a species of colourful sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Facelinidae.[2]

Dondice galaxiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Aeolidioidea
Family:
Facelinidae
Subfamily:
Favorininae
Genus:
Dondice
Species:
D. galaxiana
Binomial name
Dondice galaxiana
Millen & Hermosillo, 2012[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Puerto Vallarta, Noche Iguana, Bahía de Banderas, on the Pacific Ocean coast of Mexico. Additional specimens from Clipperton Island and Costa Rica were included in the original description.[1]

References
  1. Millen S. & Hermosillo A. 2012. Three new species of aeolid nudibranchs (Opisthobranchia) from the Pacific coast of Mexico, Panama and the Indopacific, with a redescription and redesignation of a fourth species. The Veliger, 51(3): 145-164.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Dondice galaxiana Millen & Hermosillo, 2012. Accessed on 2018-02-18.
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