Acanthodoris vatheleti

Acanthodoris vatheleti is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2]

Acanthodoris vatheleti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Onchidorididae
Genus: Acanthodoris
Species:
A. vatheleti
Binomial name
Acanthodoris vatheleti
Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889[1]

This is a nomen dubium.

Distribution

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This species was described from Orange Bay, Punta Arenas, Cape Horn, Chile. It was inadequately described and has not been reported since the original description. It may be synonymous with Acanthodoris falklandica.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Rochebrune A.-T. de & Mabille J. (1889). Mollusques. in: Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn 1882-1883. Tome 6 (Zoologie 2, part 8). Paris, Gauthiers-Villars. H.1-H.129, pls. 1-8, page(s): 11
  2. ^ Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Acanthodoris vatheleti Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-13.
  3. ^ Fahey S. & Valdés A. (2005). A review of Acanthodoris Gray, 1850 with a Phylogenetic Analysis of Onchidorididae Alder and Hancock, 1845 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia). Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 56: 213-272.