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Platydoris rolani

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Species of gastropod

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

Platydoris rolani 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 Príncipe Island, Gulf of Guinea. The original description contains additional specimens from São Tomé.

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 rolani. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-05-11
Taxon identifiers
Platydoris rolani
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