Geitodoris heathi
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| Geitodoris heathi in a Central California tide pool, surrounded by red algae and bryozoans | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Opisthobranchia |
| Suborder: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Geitodoris |
| Species: | G. heathi |
| Binomial name | |
| Geitodoris heathi (MacFarland, 1905) | |
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Geitodoris heathi, common name "Heath's dorid", is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dorididae.[1]
Distribution
This species of dorid nudibranch lives in the eastern Pacific, from Alaska to Baja California.
Description
This nudibranch grows to be about 45 mm, or almost 2 inches in length. It can be white or yellow or even a sort of pinkish color, and sometimes has small dark spots.
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Geitodoris heathi, a mating pair
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Geitodoris heathi
Notes
References
- ↑ Dayrat B. 2010. A monographic revision of discodorid sea slugs (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia, Doridina). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, vol. 61, suppl. I, 1-403, 382 figs., available online at http://campillos.ucmerced.edu/~bdayrat/PDF%20of%20Papers/Dayrat%202010%20PCAS%20HR.pdf Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579047 on 2012-03-01
- http://www.marinespecies.org/ search term Geitodoris accessed 4 March 2010
Books
- Behrens David W., 1980, Pacific Coast Nudibranchs: a guide to the opisthobranchs of the northeastern Pacific, Sea Challenger Books, California