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Platydoris ellioti

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Species of gastropod

Platydoris ellioti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Platydoris
Species: P. ellioti
Binomial name
Platydoris ellioti
(Alder & Hancock, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Doris ellioti Alder & Hancock, 1864
  • Doris speciosa Abraham, 1877
  • Kentrodoris pseudofusca Risbec, 1928

Platydoris ellioti 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 India. It is reported from the East coast of Africa to northern Australia.

References

  1. Alder, J. and Hancock, A. (1864) Notice of a collection of nudibranchiate mollusca made in India by Walter Elliot Esq., with descriptions of several new genera and species. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 5: 113-147.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Platydoris ellioti (Alder & Hancock, 1864). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-05-11
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2005 (September 14) Platydoris ellioti (Alder & Hancock, 1864). Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

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Taxon identifiers
Platydoris ellioti
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