Chromodoris dictya

Chromodoris dictya is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Chromodoris dictya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Chromodoris
Species:
C. dictya
Binomial name
Chromodoris dictya
Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Vega Bay, Puerto Rico.

Description

Chromodoris dictya was described from a single preserved specimens and no details of its living colouration are known. As no species belonging to the restricted view of the genus Chromodoris have been discovered in the Atlantic Ocean[3] and this species is described as similar to Glossodoris moerchi it should probably be placed in Glossodoris.

References

  1. Marcus, Er., & Ev. Marcus. 1970. Opisthobranchs from Curaçao and faunistically related regions. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 33(122):1-129. Uitgaven van der Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen No. 59.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Chromodoris dictya Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-02-25
  3. Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479
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