Platydoris annulata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.[2]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Family: | Discodorididae |
Genus: | Platydoris |
Species: | P. annulata
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Binomial name | |
Platydoris annulata Dorgan, Valdés & Gosliner, 2002[1]
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Distribution
editThis species was described from a single specimen captured at a depth of 166–172 m in the Philippines at 13°16′N 122°46′E / 13.267°N 122.767°E. It was reported from the Andaman Sea at depths of 303-313 m.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ Dorgan K.M., Valdés Á. & Gosliner T.M. (2002). Phylogenetic systematics of the genus Platydoris (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Doridoidea) with descriptions of six new species. Zoologica Scripta 31 (3): 271–319
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Platydoris annulata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-05-11
- ^ Jensen, K.R. 2008. The opisthobranch molluscs collected during the Thai-Danish BIOSHELF project in the Andaman Sea Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin, 68: 21-30.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2008 (October 14) Platydoris annulata Dorgan, Valdes & Gosliner, 2002. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.