Onchidoris muricata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2]
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| Two specimens of the nudibranch Onchidoris muricata with egg spirals, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Onchidorididae |
| Genus: | Onchidoris |
| Species: | O. muricata
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| Onchidoris muricata (O. F. Müller, 1776)[1]
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Distribution
editThis species was described from Norway. It is currently known from the European coasts of the North Atlantic Ocean as far south as the British Isles and the north-west Atlantic as far south as Maine.[4][5] It is reported from the north-east Pacific Ocean coasts of North America from Friday Harbor, Washington south to Lion Rock, San Luis Obispo County, California.[6]
References
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- ^ Müller, Otto Frederik (1776) Zoologiae Danicae. Prodromus seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae ingenarum characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium, xxxii + 282 pp.
- ^ a b Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2015). Onchidoris muricata (O. F. Müller, 1776). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-15.
- ^ Alder J. & Hancock A. (1845-1855). A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of all the species. The Ray Society, London. Published in 8 parts:Part 6. Fam.1 Plate 9 [1854].
- ^ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Onchidoris muricata Muller, 1776. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2016-01-15.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2001 (July 3) Onchidoris muricata Muller, 1776. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Behrens, D. W., & Hermosillo, A. (2005) Eastern Pacific nudibranchs, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. vi + 137 pp., 314 photos. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, page 59.