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Acanthodoris falklandica

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Acanthodoris falklandica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Onchidorididae
Genus: Acanthodoris
Species:
A. falklandica
Binomial name
Acanthodoris falklandica
Eliot, 1907[1]

Acanthodoris falklandica is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2]

Distribution

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This species was described from Falkland Islands. It has been reported from Chile[3] and a specimen from Puerto Montt, Llanquihue Province, has been sequenced for the Histone H3 gene.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Eliot, C. N. E. (1907) Nudibranchs from New Zealand and the Falkland Islands. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7(6):327-361, pl. 28.
  2. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Acanthodoris falklandica Eliot, 1907. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-11.
  3. ^ Schrödl, Michael, (2003) Sea Slugs of southern South America. ConchBooks, Mainzer Str.25, D-55546 Hackenheim, Germany. 24 x 17 cm, 165pp., 14 col plates. ISBN 3-925919-64-3
  4. ^ Hallas, JM and Gosliner, TM. (2015) Family Matters: the first molecular phylogeny of the Onchidorididae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 88: 16-27.
  5. ^ Hallas, J.M., Simison, W.B. & Gosliner, T.M. (2016) Dating and biogeographical patterns in the sea slug genus Acanthodoris Gray, 1850 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 97: 19-31.