Chromodoris alternata is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Chromodoris |
| Species: | C. alternata
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| Binomial name | |
| Chromodoris alternata Burn, 1957[1]
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Distribution
editThis chromodorid nudibranch is known only from Southern Australia.[4]
References
edit- ^ Burn, Robert F. (1957). "On some Opisthobranchia from Victoria". Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia (1): 11-29, pls. 1-3.
- ^ Caballer, M. & Bouchet, P. (2015). "Chromodoris alternata (Burn, 1957)". In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 December 2015.
- ^ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology. 47 (1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp.
- ^ Rudman, W. B. (1 June 1999). "Chromodoris alternata (Burn, 1957)". [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.