Aphelodoris antillensis

Aphelodoris antillensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Dorididae
Genus: Aphelodoris
Species: A. antillensis
Binomial name
Aphelodoris antillensis
Bergh, 1879

Aphelodoris antillensis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Dorididae.[1]

Description

The maximum recorded length is 29 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0.6 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 12 m.[2]

References

  1. Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
  2. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.


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