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Platydoris ocellata

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Species of gastropod

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

Platydoris ocellata 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 North Moa Island, Indonesia. It is reported from Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Sulawesi and the Solomon Islands.

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 ocellata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-05-11
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2002 (December 30) Platydoris ocellata Dorgan, Valdes & Gosliner, 2002. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Taxon identifiers
Platydoris ocellata
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