| Knoutsodonta depressa | |
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| The nudibranch Onchidoris depressa, Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Onchidorididae |
| Genus: | Knoutsodonta |
| Species: | K. depressa |
| Binomial name | |
| Knoutsodonta depressa (Alder & Hancock, 1842) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Knoutsodonta depressa is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.
Distribution
This species was described from Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England. It is currently known from Norway south to the Atlantic coast of France and the Mediterranean Sea. Reports from other parts of the world are doubtful and specimens from Brasil have been described as Knoutsodonta brasiliensis.
References
- Alder, J., & A. Hancock (1842) Descriptions of several new species of nudibranchous Mollusca found on the coast of Northumberland. Annals & Magazine of Natural History 9(55):31-36, page 32.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Knoutsodonta depressa (Alder & Hancock, 1842). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-15.
- Hallas J.M. & Gosliner T.M. (2015). Family matters: The first molecular phylogeny of the Onchidorididae Gray, 1827 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 88: 16-27, page(s): 25
- Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Onchidoris depressa (Alder & Hancock, 1842). Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2016-1-15.
- Rudman, W.B., 2003 (October 13) Onchidoris depressa (Alder & Hancock, 1842). Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Knoutsodonta depressa | |
| Doris depressa | |