Platydoris scabra

Platydoris scabra is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.[2]

Platydoris scabra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Platydoris
Species:
P. scabra
Binomial name
Platydoris scabra
(Cuvier, 1804)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Platydoris eurychlamys Bergh, 1877
  • Platydoris noumeae Risbec, 1928

Distribution

This species was described from Timor.[1] It is reported widely in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean.[3]

See also

References

  1. Cuvier, G. L. (1804). Mémoire sur le genre Doris.Doris scabra, page 466. Annales du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 4, 447–473.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Platydoris scabra. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-05-11
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (September 11) Platydoris scabra (Cuvier, 1804). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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