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Aphelodoris antillensis

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Species of gastropod

Aphelodoris antillensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Dorididae
Genus: Aphelodoris
Species: A. antillensis
Binomial name
Aphelodoris antillensis
Bergh, 1879

Aphelodoris antillensis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Dorididae.

Description

The maximum recorded length is 29 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0.6 m. Maximum recorded depth is 12 m.

References

  1. Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 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
  2. ^ Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
Taxon identifiers
Aphelodoris antillensis


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