Doris kerguelenensis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dorididae.[2]

Doris kerguelenensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Dorididae
Genus: Doris
Species:
D. kerguelenensis
Binomial name
Doris kerguelenensis
(Bergh, 1884)[1]
Synonyms
  • Archidoris australis Bergh, 1884
  • Archidoris kerguelenensis Bergh, 1884 (original combination)
  • Archidoris rubescens Bergh, 1898
  • Archidoris tuberculata var. antarctica Vayssière, 1917
  • Austrodoris crenulata Odhner, 1926
  • Austrodoris georgiensis Garcia, Troncoso, Garcia-Gomez & Cervera, 1993
  • Austrodoris kerguelenensis (Bergh, 1884)
  • Austrodoris macmurdensis Odhner, 1934
  • Austrodoris michaelseni Odhner, 1926
  • Austrodoris mishu Ev. Marcus, 1985
  • Austrodoris nivium Odhner, 1934
  • Austrodoris tomentosa Odhner, 1934
  • Austrodoris vicentei Ev. Marcus, 1985

Distribution

edit

The type locality for this species is the Kerguelen Islands. It has been widely reported all round Antarctica but molecular investigations suggest that it consists of a species complex and many of the synonymised names may be valid.[3][4]

References

edit
  1. ^ Bergh, L. S. R. (1884). Report on the Nudibranchiata collected by H.M.S Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 10 (part 26): 1-154, pl. 1-14., page(s): 85-89, Pl. I
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Doris kerguelenensis (Bergh, 1884). Accessed on 2021-04-07.
  3. ^ Wilson N.G., Schrödl M., Halanych K.M., 2009. Ocean barriers and glaciation: evidence for explosive radiation of mitochondrial lineages in the Antarctic sea slug Doris kerguelenensis (Mollusca, Nudibranchia). Molecular Ecology 18: 965–984.
  4. ^ Wilson N.G., Maschek J.A., Baker B.J., 2013. A species flock driven by predation? Secondary metabolites support diversification of slugs in Antarctica. PLOS ONE 8: e80277.