Armina maculata

Armina maculata
	A live individual of the species, in situ, head towards the right
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:	Armina
Species:	A. maculata
Binomial name
	Armina maculata; (Rafinesque, 1814)
Synonyms
	Diphyllidia ocellata Deshayes, 1838; Diphyllidia pustulosa Philippi, 1836; Diphyllidia verrucosa Cantraine, 1835;

Armina maculata is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Arminidae. ^[1]

Description

This species occurs in European waters and the Mediterranean Sea.

^ ^a ^b Gofas, S. (2010). Armina maculata Rafinesque, 1814. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138805 on 2012-04-15

Sea Slug Forum info
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

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