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Platydoris annulata

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Species of gastropod

Platydoris annulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Platydoris
Species: P. annulata
Binomial name
Platydoris annulata
Dorgan, Valdés & Gosliner, 2002

Platydoris annulata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.

Distribution

This species was described from a single specimen captured at a depth of 166–172 m in the Philippines at 13°16′N 122°46′E / 13.267°N 122.767°E / 13.267; 122.767. It was reported from the Andaman Sea at depths of 303-313 m.

References

  1. Dorgan K.M., Valdés Á. & Gosliner T.M. (2002). Phylogenetic systematics of the genus Platydoris (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Doridoidea) with descriptions of six new species. Zoologica Scripta 31 (3): 271–319
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Platydoris annulata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-05-11
  3. Jensen, K.R. 2008. The opisthobranch molluscs collected during the Thai-Danish BIOSHELF project in the Andaman Sea Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin, 68: 21-30.
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2008 (October 14) Platydoris annulata Dorgan, Valdes & Gosliner, 2002. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Taxon identifiers
Platydoris annulata
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