Diaphorodoris papillata

Diaphorodoris papillata
A mating pair of Diaphorodoris papillata, Banyuls-sur-Mer.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea

Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Calycidorididae
Genus: Diaphorodoris
Species: D. papillata
Binomial name
Diaphorodoris papillata
Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960[1]

Diaphorodoris papillata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calycidorididae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Naples, Italy; Villefranche-sur-Mer and Banyuls-sur-Mer, France. It is reported from the Strait of Gibraltar, Spain to Israel.[3]

References

  1. Portmann A. & Sandmeier (1960). Zur kenntnis von Diaphorodoris (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) und ihrer mediterranean Formen. Verhandelungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 71: 174-183
  2. Gofas, S. (2015). Diaphorodoris papillata Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-24.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2001 (February 7) Diaphorodoris papillata Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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