Asteronotus mabilla is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.[2]

Asteronotus mabilla
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Asteronotus
Species:
A. mabilla
Binomial name
Asteronotus mabilla
(Abraham, 1877)[1]
Synonyms

Doris mabilla Abraham, 1877

Distribution

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This species was originally described from the Seychelles and Samoa. It has been reported from Madagascar.[3]

Description

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Ecology

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References

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  1. ^ Abraham, P. S. (1877). Revision of the anthobranchiate nudibranchiate Mollusca, with descriptions or notices of forty-one hitherto undescribed species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pp. 196-269, pls. 27-30, pages 249-250.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2016). Asteronotus mabilla (Abraham, 1877). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-24
  3. ^ Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp.