Dondice galaxiana is a species of colourful sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Myrrhinidae.[2]
| Dondice galaxiana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Myrrhinidae |
| Genus: | Dondice |
| Species: | D. galaxiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Dondice galaxiana Millen & Hermosillo, 2012[1]
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Distribution
editThis species was described from Puerto Vallarta, Noche Iguana, Bahía de Banderas, on the Pacific Ocean coast of Mexico. Additional specimens from Clipperton Island and Costa Rica were included in the original description.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Millen S. & Hermosillo A. 2012. Three new species of aeolid nudibranchs (Opisthobranchia) from the Pacific coast of Mexico, Panama and the Indopacific, with a redescription and redesignation of a fourth species. The Veliger, 51(3): 145-164.
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Dondice galaxiana Millen & Hermosillo, 2012. Accessed on 2018-02-18.