Doris viridis

Doris viridis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dorididae.[2]

Doris viridis
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. viridis
Binomial name
Doris viridis
(Pease, 1861)[1]
Synonyms

Doriopsis viridis Pease, 1861

Distribution

This species was described from Tahiti. It has been reported from the Hawaiian Islands.[3]

References
  1. Pease, W. H. 1861. Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Pacific Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, pp. 242-247, page 244.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2016). Doris viridis (Pease, 1861). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-05.
  3. Pittman, C. & Fiene, P. (2016) Doris viridis Pease, 1861 In: Sea Slugs of Hawaii
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