Tayuva lilacina

Tayuva lilacina
Tayuva lilacina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Tayuva
Species: T. lilacina
Binomial name
Tayuva lilacina
(Gould, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chromodoris lilacina (Gould, 1852)
  • Diaulula hummelincki (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963)
  • Discodoris confusa Ballesteros, Llera & Ortea, 1985
  • Discodoris hummelincki (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963)
  • Discodoris ketos (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
  • Discodoris ketos gila (Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970)
  • Discodoris ketos ketos (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
  • Discodoris lilacina (Gould, 1852)
  • Discodoris maculosa Bergh, 1884
  • Discodoris palma Allan, 1933
  • Doris lilacina Gould, 1852 (basionym)
  • Peltodoris crucis (Mörch, 1863) sensu Bergh, 1880 (misidentification)
  • Peltodoris hummelincki Marcus & Marcus, 1963
  • Tayuva ketos Marcus & Marcus, 1967
  • Tayuva ketos gila Marcus & Marcus, 1970
  • Tayuva ketos juva Marcus & Marcus, 1970
  • Tayuva ketos ketos Marcus & Marcus, 1967

Tayuva lilacina is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.[2] [1]

Description

The size of the body varies between 50 mm and 120 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-Central Pacific.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2011). Tayuva lilacina (Gould, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578710 on 2011-08-23
  2. 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

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