Doris sticta

Doris sticta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Nudipleura; clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily:	Doridoidea
Family:	Dorididae
Genus:	Doris
Species:	D. sticta
Binomial name
	Doris sticta; (Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923)
Synonyms
	Doris maculata Garstang, 1895 : junior homonym of Doris maculata Montagu, 1804; Doridigitata sticta Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923 (original combination);

Doris sticta is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dorididae.^[3]

Distribution

This species was described from Plymouth, Devon, England. It has been reported from Ireland south to the Mediterranean Sea.^[4]^[5]

^ Iredale, T., & O'Donohue, C.H., (1923). List of British nudibranchiate Mollusca. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 15(4):195-200.
^ Garstang, W. (1895). On Doris maculata, a new species of nudibranchiate mollusk found at Plymouth. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, new series 4(2):167-168.
^ Gofas, S. (2004). Doris sticta (Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-28.
^ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2016). Doris sticta Iredale & O'Donoghue. [In Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2016-11-28.
^ Rudman, W.B., 2003 (July 9) Doris sticta (Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.