Diaphorodoris papillata
Appearance
Diaphorodoris papillata | |
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A mating pair of Diaphorodoris papillata, Banyuls-sur-Mer. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
Family: | Calycidorididae |
Genus: | Diaphorodoris |
Species: | D. papillata
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Binomial name | |
Diaphorodoris papillata Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960[1]
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Diaphorodoris papillata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calycidorididae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species was described from Naples, Italy; Villefranche-sur-Mer and Banyuls-sur-Mer, France. It is reported from the Strait of Gibraltar to Israel.[3] It was reported from Canary Islands in 2016.[4]
Description
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Diaphorodoris_papillata.png/220px-Diaphorodoris_papillata.png)
The maximum recorded body length is 10 mm.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Portmann A. & Sandmeier (1960). Zur kenntnis von Diaphorodoris (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) und ihrer mediterranean Formen. Verhandelungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 71: 174-183
- ^ Gofas, S. (2015). Diaphorodoris papillata Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-24.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2001 (February 7) Diaphorodoris papillata Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Herrero-Barrencua A., Moro L. & Ortea J. (2016). "Primeros registros de Chelidonura fulvipunctata Baba, 1938 y Diaphorodoris papillata Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960 (Mollusca: Heterobranchia) en las islas Canarias. Firsts records of Chelidonura fulvipunctata Baba, 1938 and Diaphorodoris papillata Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960 (Mollusca: Heterobranchia) in the Canary Islands". Vieraea 44: 121-126.
- ^ Giannuzzi-Savelli, Riccardo; Chemello, Renato; Cattaneo-Vietti, Riccardo (1991). Atlas of Mediterranean nudibranchs. Atlante dei nudibranchi del Mediterraneo. Roma: Editrice La Conchiglia.
External links
[edit]- Photos of Diaphorodoris papillata on Sealife Collection