Doris elegans is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dorididae.[2]
| Doris elegans | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Dorididae |
| Genus: | Doris |
| Species: | D. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Doris elegans Quoy & Gaimard, 1832[1]
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Distribution edit
The type locality is not given and this species has not been recognised by subsequent authors.
References edit
- ^ Quoy J.R.C. & Gaimard J.P. (1832-1835). Voyage de découvertes de l'"Astrolabe" exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie 2(1): 1-321 [1832] Paris: Tastu. Description: page 273 Illustrations: Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833]. Plate 20 figs. 12-14
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Doris elegans Quoy & Gaimard, 1832. Accessed on 2021-04-06.