Diaulula punctuolata is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.[1]
Diaulula punctuolata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Family: | Discodorididae |
Genus: | Diaulula |
Species: | D. punctuolata
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Binomial name | |
Diaulula punctuolata (d'Orbigny, 1837)
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Synonyms | |
Anisodoris punctuolata
Anisodoris punctuolata
Diaulula sandiegensis
Doris punctuolata
Doris vestita
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Distribution
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Description
editThe maximum recorded body length is 100 mm.[2]
Ecology
editMinimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 100 m.[2]
References
edit- ^ Schrödl M. (2003) Sea slugs of Southern South America. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 165 pp. page(s): 39 Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532734 on 2012-03-01
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.