Geitodoris heathi

Geitodoris heathi
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)
Synonyms
  • Discodoris fulva O'Donoghue, 1924
  • Discodoris heathi MacFarland, 1905 (original combination)

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][2]

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.

Notes

References

  1. ↑ 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 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 8, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579047 on 2012-03-01
  2. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Geitodoris heathi (MacFarland, 1905). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579047 on 2016-05-21

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