Hoplodoris nodulosa

Hoplodoris nodulosa is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.[2]

Hoplodoris nodulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Doridoidea
Family:
Discodorididae
Genus:
Hoplodoris
Species:
H. nodulosa
Binomial name
Hoplodoris nodulosa
(Angas, 1864)[1]
Synonyms
  • Doris nodulosa Angas, 1864 (original description)
  • Doris pustulata Abraham, 1877
  • Homoeodoris novzealandiae Bergh, 1904
  • Homoiodoris novaezelandiae Bergh, 1904
  • Hoplodoris novaezelandiae (Bergh, 1904)
  • Staurodoris pustulata (Abraham, 1877)

Distribution

This species is recorded from the West Pacific including Southern Australia from New South Wales to Western Australia and throughout New Zealand.[3][4]

References
  1. Angas, G.F., 1864. Description d'espèces nouvelles appartenant à plusieurs genres de Mollusques Nudibranches des environs de Port-Jackson (Nouvelles-Galles du Sud), accompagnée de dessins faits d'après nature. Journal de Conchyliologie, 12: 43-70
  2. Caballer, M.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Hoplodoris nodulosa (Angas, 1864). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-02
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (March 14) Hoplodoris nodulosa (Angas, 1864). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Fahey S.J. & Gosliner T.M. 2003. Mistaken Identities: On the Discodorididae genera Hoplodoris Bergh, 1880 and Carminodoris Bergh, 1889 (Opistobranchia, Nudibranchia). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (4) 54(10): 169-208, available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/scipubs/pdfs/v54/proccas_v54_n10.pdf
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