Dermatobranchus albus

Dermatobranchus albus is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae.[3]

Dermatobranchus albus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Euarminida
Superfamily:
Arminoidea
Family:
Arminidae
Genus:
Dermatobranchus
Species:
D. albus
Binomial name
Dermatobranchus albus
Eliot, 1904[1]
Synonyms[2]

Pleuroleura alba

Distribution

This species was described from the Indian Ocean coast of Africa. It has been reported from Indonesia and other locations in the Indo-Pacific region.[4]

References
  1. Eliot, C.N.E., (1904). On some Nudibranchs from East Africa and Zanzibar. Part V. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 2(1): 83-105.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Pleuroleura alba. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-06
  3. Bouchet, P. (2015). Dermatobranchus albus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-09-30
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2001 (June 8) Dermatobranchus albus (Eliot, 1904). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.


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