Diversidoris sulphurea
Appearance
Diversidoris sulphurea | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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Species: | D. sulphurea
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Binomial name | |
Diversidoris sulphurea (Rudman, 1986)
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Noumea sulphurea Rudman, 1986 (basionym) |
Diversidoris sulphurea is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1]
Distribution
This marine specie is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.
Description
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Ecology
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References
- ^ a b Rudman W.B. (1986c) The Chromodorididae (Ophistobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Noumea flava color group. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 88: 307-404. page(s): 384 Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597313 on 22 April 2012
- Rudman W.B. (1986) The Chromodorididae (Ophistobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Noumea flava color group. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 88: 307-404. page(s): 384
- Rudman W.B. (1990) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species of Glossodoris, Thorunna and the Chromodoris aureomarginata colour group. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 100: 263-326 page(s): 303
- Coleman, N. 2001. 1001 Nudibranchs - Catalogue of Indo-Pacific Sea Slugs. Springwood, Queensland : Neville Coleman’s Underwater Geographic Pty Ltd 144 pp.
- Burn R. (2006) A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Reports 10:1–42
- Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 205
- Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479.