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Carminodoris grandiflora

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Carminodoris grandiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Carminodoris
Species:
C. grandiflora
Binomial name
Carminodoris grandiflora
(Pease, 1860)[1]
Synonyms
List
  • Carminodoris mauritiana Bergh, 1889
  • Doris grandiflora Pease, 1860
  • Doris grandifloriger Abraham, 1877
  • Hoplodoris desmoparypha Bergh, 1880
  • Hoplodoris grandiflora (Pease, 1860)

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

Distribution

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This species is recorded from the Indo-West Pacific including Hawaii, the Philippines, Palau, Kerama Island, Mauritius, Tanzania and Madagascar.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Pease, W.H. (1860) Descriptions of new species of mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 28: 18-36.
  2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Carminodoris grandiflora (Pease, 1860)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  3. ^ Fahey, S. J., 2003 (October 21) Hoplodoris grandiflora [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.