Dondice galaxiana
Dondice galaxiana is a species of colourful sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Facelinidae.[2]
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia clade Aeolidida |
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| Species: | D. galaxiana |
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| Dondice galaxiana Millen & Hermosillo, 2012[1] | |
Distribution
This species was described from Puerto Vallarta, Noche Iguana, BahÃa de Banderas, on the Pacific Ocean coast of Mexico. Additional specimens from Clipperton Island and Costa Rica were included in the original description.[1]
References
- Millen S. & Hermosillo A. 2012. Three new species of aeolid nudibranchs (Opisthobranchia) from the Pacific coast of Mexico, Panama and the Indopacific, with a redescription and redesignation of a fourth species. The Veliger, 51(3): 145-164.
- MolluscaBase (2018). Dondice galaxiana Millen & Hermosillo, 2012. Accessed on 2018-02-18.
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