Dermatobranchus ornatus

Dermatobranchus ornatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Nudipleura ; clade Nudibranchia ; clade Dexiarchia ; clade Cladobranchia; clade Euarminida
Superfamily:	Arminoidea
Family:	Arminidae
Genus:	Dermatobranchus
Species:	D. ornatus
Binomial name
	Dermatobranchus ornatus; Bergh, 1888

Dermatobranchus ornatus is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific region. It was described from the Philippines. It has been reported from Oman, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippine Islands, Indonesia,^[3] and Australia.^[4]^[5]

References

^ Bergh R. 1874. Malacologische untersuchungen. In: Semper C., ed. Reisen im archipel der Philippinen. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 2, Theil 1, Heft 6. Wies- baden: Kreidel, 278–285.
^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Dermatobranchus ornatus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-09-30
^ Gosliner T.M. & Fahey S.J. (2011) Previously undocumented diversity and abundance of cryptic species: a phylogenetic analysis of Indo-Pacific Arminidae Rafinesque, 1814 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) with descriptions of 20 new species of Dermatobranchus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 161: 245–356.
^ Gosliner T.M., Behrens D.W., Valdés Á. 2008. Indo-Pacific nudibranchs and sea slugs: a field guide to the world’s most diverse fauna. Gig Harbor, San Francisco: Sea Challengers/ California Academy of Sciences.
^ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (August 6) Dermatobranchus ornatus (Bergh, 1874). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

[bergh-1] Bergh R. 1874. Malacologische untersuchungen. In: Semper C., ed. Reisen im archipel der Philippinen. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 2, Theil 1, Heft 6. Wies- baden: Kreidel, 278–285.

[WoRMS-2] Bouchet, P. (2015). Dermatobranchus ornatus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-09-30

[3] Gosliner T.M. & Fahey S.J. (2011) Previously undocumented diversity and abundance of cryptic species: a phylogenetic analysis of Indo-Pacific Arminidae Rafinesque, 1814 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) with descriptions of 20 new species of Dermatobranchus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 161: 245–356.

[4] Gosliner T.M., Behrens D.W., Valdés Á. 2008. Indo-Pacific nudibranchs and sea slugs: a field guide to the world’s most diverse fauna. Gig Harbor, San Francisco: Sea Challengers/ California Academy of Sciences.

[5] Rudman, W.B., 2000 (August 6) Dermatobranchus ornatus (Bergh, 1874). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

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