Asteronotus hepaticus

Asteronotus hepaticus is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.[2]

Asteronotus hepaticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily:
Doridoidea
Family:
Discodorididae
Genus:
Asteronotus
Species:
A. hepaticus
Binomial name
Asteronotus hepaticus
(Abraham, 1877)[1]
Synonyms

Doris hepatica Abraham, 1877

Distribution

This species was originally described from the Pacific Ocean. It is known from Vanuatu, Indonesia, the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.[3]

Description

Asteronotus hepaticus is a large dorid nudibranch with a distinctive deep purple colouration.[4]

References
  1. Abraham, P. S. (1877). Revision of the anthobranchiate nudibranchiate Mollusca, with descriptions or notices of forty-one hitherto undescribed species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pp. 196-269, pls. 27-30, page 249.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2016). Asteronotus hepaticus (Abraham, 1877). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-24
  3. Gosliner T.M., Behrens D.W. & Valdés A. (2008) Indo-Pacific nudibranchs and sea slugs. Sea Challengers Natural History Books and California Academy of Sciences. 426 pp., page 173.
  4. Anderson, J. (2002). Asteronotus hepaticus at nudibranch.org.


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