Onchidoris lactea is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2]

Onchidoris lactea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Onchidorididae
Genus: Onchidoris
Species:
O. lactea
Binomial name
Onchidoris lactea
(A. E. Verrill, 1900)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Lamellidoris lactea A. E. Verrill, 1900

Distribution

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This species was described from Bay Island, Bailey's Bay, Bermuda. Additional specimens were described in 1901.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Verrill, A. E. (1900). The nudibranchs and naked tectibranchs of the Bermudas. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences 10:545-550, pl. 66.
  2. ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2015). Onchidoris lactea. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-21.
  3. ^ Verrill, A. E. (1901). Additions to the fauna of the Bermudas from the Yale Expedition of 1901, with notes on other species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences 11(1):15-62, pls. 1-9.