Dermatobranchus nigropunctatus

Dermatobranchus nigropunctatus is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae.[2]

Dermatobranchus nigropunctatus
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. nigropunctatus
Binomial name
Dermatobranchus nigropunctatus
Baba, 1949 [1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific region. It was described from Japan. It has been reported from Eastern Australia.[3] but this record refers to Dermatobranchus dendronephthyphagus.[4]

References
  1. Baba, K. 1949. Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty The Emperor of Japan. 194 pp., 50 pls. Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Dermatobranchus nigropunctatus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-09-30
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2005 (April 18) Dermatobranchus nigropunctatus Baba, 1949. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Gosliner T.M. & Fahey S.J. (2011) Previously undocumented diversity and abundance of cryptic species: a phylogenetic analysis of Indo-Pacific Arminidae Rafinesque, 1814 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) with descriptions of 20 new species of Dermatobranchus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 161: 245–356.
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