Doris tanya
| Doris tanya | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Dorididae |
| Genus: | Doris |
| Species: | D. tanya
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| Binomial name | |
| Doris tanya Ev. Marcus, 1971[1]
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Doris tanya is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dorididae.[2] Named after Tanya, Gale G. Sphon's cat.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This species was described from California where it is predominantly an intertidal species.[4] It has been redescribed with specimens from Southern California to Panama.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Marcus Ev. (1971). On some euthyneuran gastropods from the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 39(5): 355-369.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Doris tanya Ev. Marcus, 1971. Accessed on 2021-04-07.
- ^ "Gale G. Jr. Sphon | Shellers From the Past and Present". www.conchology.be. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ^ Behrens, D., 2020. Doris tanya In: Miller, M., the Slug Site.
- ^ Camacho-Garcia, Y.E. & Gosliner, T.M. (2008). Nudibranch dorids from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica with the descriptions of a new species. Bulletin of Marine Science. 83(2): 367-389.