Dermatobranchus rubidus

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

Dermatobranchus rubidus
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. rubidus
Binomial name
Dermatobranchus rubidus
Gould, 1852 [1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific region. It was described from Hawaii. It has subsequently been reported from New Zealand where it was described as Dermatobranchus pulcherrimus Miller & Willan, 1986.[3][4]

References
  1. Gould A.A. 1852. Molluscs and shells. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1832–1842 12 1–510, with an Atlas of plates, 1856.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Dermatobranchus rubidus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-09-30
  3. 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.
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2002 (October 30) Dermatobranchus pulcherrimus Miller & Willan, 1986. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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