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Doriopsis granulosa
Doriopsis granulosa, la Réunion
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Dorididae
Genus:	Doriopsis
Species:	D. granulosa
Binomial name
Doriopsis granulosa Pease, 1860
Synonyms
Doris granulosa (Pease, 1860) Ctenodoris aurantiaca (Eliot, 1913) Doriopsis scabra Pease, 1871 Doris aurantiaca Eliot, 1913 Guyonia flava Risbec, 1928

Doriopsis granulosa is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dorididae.

Distribution

This species was described from the Hawaiian Islands, then called, by Europeans, the Sandwich Islands. It has been reported from many places in the Indo-West Pacific. Different colour forms may turn out to be a species complex.

References

1. Pease, W.H. (1860). Descriptions of new species of mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 28: 18-37.
2. Bouchet, P. (2017). Doriopsis granulosa Pease, 1860. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-02-04.
3. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2003 (March 7) Doriopsis granulosa Pease, 1860. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
4. Rudman, W.B., 2003 (March 6) Doriopsis pecten (Collingwood, 1881). Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
5. Yonow N. (2017). Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 16. The Nudibranchia - Dendronotina, Arminina, Aeolidina, and Doridina (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 146(1): 135-172.

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