Doriopsilla janaina

Doriopsilla janaina is a species of dorid nudibranch, a colourful sea slug, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendrodorididae.[2]

Doriopsilla janaina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Phyllidioidea
Family:
Dendrodorididae
Genus:
Doriopsilla
Species:
D. janaina
Binomial name
Doriopsilla janaina
Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1967[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Perico Island, Panama, Pacific Ocean.

References
  1. Marcus Ev.; Marcus Er. (1967). American opisthobranch mollusks Part I, Tropical American opisthobranchs, Part II, Opisthobranchs from the Gulf of California. Studies in Tropical Oceanography. 6: 1–256, pl. 1.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Doriopsilla janaina Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1967. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-03-24.
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