Platydoris pulchra

Platydoris pulchra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Platydoris
Species:
P. pulchra
Binomial name
Platydoris pulchra
Eliot, 1904[1]

Platydoris pulchra is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Wasin, Kenya. It is reported from Tanzania, Madagascar and Sri Lanka.[3]

References

  1. ^ Eliot, C. N. E. (1904). On some nudibranchs from East Africa and Zanzibar part. III. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1903:2:354-385. [Dated December 1st 1903 but not published until April 1904].
  2. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Platydoris pulchra. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-05-11
  3. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2003 (October 16) Platydoris pulchra Eliot, 1904. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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