Sclerodoris apiculata

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

Sclerodoris apiculata
Sclerodoris apiculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Sclerodoris
Species:
S. apiculata
Binomial name
Sclerodoris apiculata
(Alder & Hancock, 1864)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Doris apiculata Alder & Hancock, 1864
  • Halgerda apiculata (Alder & Hancock, 1864)

Distribution

This species was described from India.

References

  1. Alder, J.; Hancock, A. (1864). Notice of a collection of nudibranchiate Mollusca made in India by Walter Elliot Esq. with descriptions of several new genera and species. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 5: 113-147, page 122, Plate 30, Figure 8
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Sclerodoris apiculata (Alder & Hancock, 1864). Accessed on 2019-02-05.


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