| Fluffy nudibranch Acanthodoris planca |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Onchidorididae |
| Genus: | Acanthodoris |
| Species: | A. planca |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthodoris planca Fahey & Valdés, 2005[1] |
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The fluffy nudibranch, Acanthodoris planca, is a species of dorid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.
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This species is found off South Africa on both sides of the Cape Peninsula in shallow water. It is endemic.[2]
The fluffy nudibranch is a small tan-coloured dorid with a nippled surface. The animal may reach 20 mm in total length.[1][3]
The egg ribbon of the fluffy nudibranch is an irregular wavy white collar.