Dermatobranchus gonatophorus

Dermatobranchus gonatophorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Euarminida

Superfamily: Arminoidea
Family: Arminidae
Genus: Dermatobranchus
Species: D. gonatophorus
Binomial name
Dermatobranchus gonatophorus
van Hasselt 1824[1]

Dermatobranchus gonatophorus is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific region. It has been reported from South Africa, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.[3]

References

  1. van Hasselt J. C. (1824). Alg. Konst. Letterbode, (3) 37; 1824, Bull. des Sci. Nat., 3, 242.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Dermatobranchus gonatophorus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-09-30
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (April 1) Dermatobranchus gonatophora van Hasselt, 1824. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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