Armina gilchristi is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Arminidae.[1]

Armina gilchristi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Arminidae
Genus: Armina
Species:
A. gilchristi
Binomial name
Armina gilchristi
White, 1955

Description

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This species has a dark, grey and black mantle with longitudinal white, granulose ridges.[2][3]

Distribution

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Armina gilchristi is endemic to the waters off Southern Africa.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Armina gilchristi White, 1955".
  2. ^ a b Gosliner, Terrence M.; Fahey, Shireen J. (1 February 2011). "Previously undocumented diversity and abundance of cryptic species: a phylogenetic analysis of Indo-Pacific Arminidae Rafinesque, 1814 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) with descriptions of 20 new species of Dermatobranchus". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 245–356. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00649.x. PMC 3073124. PMID 21527987.
  3. ^ "Armina gilchristi White, 1955 - Arminidae » Nudi Pixel". Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.