Alloiodoris lanuginata is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.[2]
Alloiodoris lanuginata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Family: | Discodorididae |
Genus: | Alloiodoris |
Species: | A. lanuginata
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Binomial name | |
Alloiodoris lanuginata (Abraham, 1877)
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Synonyms | |
Doris lanuginata Abraham, 1877[1] |
Distribution
editThis species is endemic to New Zealand.
Description
editAlloiodoris lanuginata is a dorid nudibranch with a velvet surface. It is beige or brown in colour with scattered dark brown spots.[3]
References
edit- ^ Abraham P. (1877). Revision of the anthobranchiate nudibranchiate Mollusca with descriptions or notices of forty-one hitherto undescribed species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1877: 196-269, pl. 28-30
- ^ Caballer, M.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Alloiodoris lanuginata (Abraham, 1877). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2018-02-02
- ^ Alloiodoris lanuginata at iNaturalist. Accessed 2018-02-02.