Doris sticta

Doris sticta is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dorididae.[3]

Doris sticta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily:
Doridoidea
Family:
Dorididae
Genus:
Doris
Species:
D. sticta
Binomial name
Doris sticta
(Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923)[1]
Synonyms
  • Doris maculata Garstang, 1895 : junior homonym of Doris maculata Montagu, 1804[2]
  • Doridigitata sticta Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923 (original combination)

Distribution

This species was described from Plymouth, Devon, England. It has been reported from Ireland south to the Mediterranean Sea.[4][5]

References
  1. Iredale, T., & O'Donohue, C.H., (1923). List of British nudibranchiate Mollusca. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 15(4):195-200.
  2. Garstang, W. (1895). On Doris maculata, a new species of nudibranchiate mollusk found at Plymouth. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, new series 4(2):167-168.
  3. Gofas, S. (2004). Doris sticta (Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-28.
  4. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2016). Doris sticta Iredale & O'Donoghue. [In Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2016-11-28.
  5. Rudman, W.B., 2003 (July 9) Doris sticta (Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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