Taringa sublutea is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.[4]

Taringa sublutea
Taringa sublutea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Taringa
Species:
T. sublutea
Binomial name
Taringa sublutea
(Abraham, 1877)[1]
Synonyms[3]
  • Doris luteola Kelaart, 1858[2]
  • Doris sublutea Abraham, 1877 (original combination)
  • Taringa caudata (Farran, 1905)
  • Trippa luteola (Kelaart, 1858)
  • Thordisa caudata Farran, 1905
  • Trippa luteola (Kelaart, 1858) ·

Distribution

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This species was described from Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, (Ceylon). It has been reported from Madagascar, Réunion, Oman and Socotra Island.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ Abraham P. (1877). Revision of the anthobranchiate nudibranchiate Mollusca with descriptions or notices of forty-one hitherto undescribed species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1877: 196-269, pl. 28-30 [august].
  2. ^ Kelaart, E. F. (1858). Description of new and little known species of Ceylon nudibranchiate molluscs, and zoophytes. Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 3(1): 84-139, page 103..
  3. ^ Gosliner T. M. & Behrens D. W. (1998) "Two new discodorid nudibranchs from the Western Pacific with a redescription of Doris luteola Kelaart, 1858". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 50(11): 279-293. page 286.
  4. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Taringa sublutea (Abraham, 1877). Accessed on 2018-11-26
  5. ^ Bidgrain, P., 2018. Taringa sublutea South-west Indian Ocean Seaslug site, accessed 2018-11-26.
  6. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2006 (January 24) Taringa caudata (Farran, 1905). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.