Platydoris pulchra
Platydoris pulchra is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Platydoris |
| Species: | P. pulchra |
| Binomial name | |
| Platydoris pulchra Eliot, 1904[1] | |
Distribution
This species was described from Wasin, Kenya. It is reported from Tanzania, Madagascar and Sri Lanka.[3]
See also
Media related to Platydoris pulchra at Wikimedia Commons
References
- Eliot, C. N. E. (1904). On some nudibranchs from East Africa and Zanzibar part. III. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1903:2:354-385. [Dated December 1st 1903 but not published until April 1904].
- Rosenberg, G. (2015). Platydoris pulchra. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-05-11
- Rudman, W.B., 2003 (October 16) Platydoris pulchra Eliot, 1904. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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