Acanthodoris caerulescens is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2][3]
| Acanthodoris caerulescens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Onchidorididae |
| Genus: | Acanthodoris |
| Species: | A. caerulescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Acanthodoris caerulescens | |
This is a taxon inquirendum.
Distribution
editThis species was described from the north end of Nunivak Island, Alaska. It has not been reported since the original description.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ Bergh, L. S. R. (1880) On the nudibranchiate gasteropod Mollusca of the North Pacific Ocean, with special reference to those of Alaska. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia, pp. 40-127, pls. 9-16.
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Acanthodoris caerulescens Bergh, 1880. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-11.
- ^ Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.
- ^ Lee, R. S., & Nora R. Foster. (1985) A distributional list with range extensions of the opisthobranch gastropods of Alaska. Veliger 27(4):440-448.
- ^ Fahey S. & Valdés A. (2005). A review of Acanthodoris Gray, 1850 with a Phylogenetic Analysis of Onchidorididae Alder and Hancock, 1845 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia). Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 56: 213-272.