Doris januarii

Doris januarii
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. januarii
Binomial name
	Doris januarii; (Bergh, 1878)[1]

Doris januarii is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dorididae.[2]

Taxonomic history

This species was described by Rudolph Bergh in 1878 but considered to be a synonym of Doris verrucosa by von Ihering, 1886[3] and subsequent authors. A detailed anatomical comparison of these species concluded that they were distinct species.[4]

Distribution

This species occurs on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Brazil, from Pernambuco to São Paulo.

Ecology

This species lives at depths up to 12 m in the rocky subtidal region, near areas covered by the encrusting sponge Hymeniacidon heliophila (Parker, 1910) during the reproductive season.[5]

References

Bergh R. (1878) Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr Carl Gottfried Semper. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 2, Theil 2, Heft 13, pp. 547–602, pls. 62–65.
Bouchet, P. (2015). Doris januarii (Bergh, 1878). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-07.
Ihering H. von (1886). Zur kenntnis der Nudibranchien der brasilianischen kuste. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 13 (3): 223-240
Lima P.O.V. & Simone L.R.L. (2015). Anatomical review of Doris verrucosa and redescription of Doris januarii (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) based on comparative morphology. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315415000296I.
Martins T.K., Pires M.M., Lima A.S., Cavalheri H.B. and Vieira T.B. (2010) Uso de sinais químicos por Doris verrucosa (Mollusca:Nudibranchia) para seleção de locais para ovoposição. Universidade de São Paulo, Occasional Publication, 1–3.

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[1] Bergh R. (1878) Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr Carl Gottfried Semper. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 2, Theil 2, Heft 13, pp. 547–602, pls. 62–65.

[WoRMS-2] Bouchet, P. (2015). Doris januarii (Bergh, 1878). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-07.

[3] Ihering H. von (1886). Zur kenntnis der Nudibranchien der brasilianischen kuste. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 13 (3): 223-240

[4] Lima P.O.V. & Simone L.R.L. (2015). Anatomical review of Doris verrucosa and redescription of Doris januarii (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) based on comparative morphology. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315415000296I.

[5] Martins T.K., Pires M.M., Lima A.S., Cavalheri H.B. and Vieira T.B. (2010) Uso de sinais químicos por Doris verrucosa (Mollusca:Nudibranchia) para seleção de locais para ovoposição. Universidade de São Paulo, Occasional Publication, 1–3.