Doriopsis granulosa is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dorididae.[2]
| Doriopsis granulosa | |
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| Doriopsis granulosa, la Réunion | |
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: | Doriopsis |
| Species: | D. granulosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Doriopsis granulosa | |
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Distribution edit
This species was described from the Hawaiian Islands, then called, by Europeans, the Sandwich Islands. It has been reported from many places in the Indo-West Pacific.[3] Different colour forms may turn out to be a species complex.[3][4][5]
References edit
- ^ Pease, W.H. (1860). Descriptions of new species of mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 28: 18-37.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2017). Doriopsis granulosa Pease, 1860. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-02-04.
- ^ a b Rudman, W.B., 2003 (March 7) Doriopsis granulosa Pease, 1860. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2003 (March 6) Doriopsis pecten (Collingwood, 1881). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Yonow N. (2017). Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 16. The Nudibranchia - Dendronotina, Arminina, Aeolidina, and Doridina (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 146(1): 135-172.