Platydoris cruenta

Platydoris cruenta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Discodorididae
Genus:	Platydoris
Species:	P. cruenta
Binomial name
	Platydoris cruenta; (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832–1833)
Synonyms
	Doris cruenta Quoy & Gaimard, 1832; Platydoris arrogans Bergh, 1877;

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

Distribution

This species was described from New Guinea. It is widespread in the Indo-Pacific Ocean.^[3]

^ Quoy J.R.C. & Gaimard J.P. (1832-1835). Voyage de découvertes de l'"Astrolabe" exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. Paris: Tastu. 1: I-L 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833]. Zoologie 2:1, p. 260 Description of Doris saignante - Doris cruenta, Plate 18.
^ ^a ^b Caballer, M.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Platydoris cruenta. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599522 on 2016-05-11
^ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (September 11) Platydoris cruenta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

Bergh, L. S. R. (1877). Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: Semper C, ed. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. theil 2, heft 10. Wiesbaden: Kreidel, 495–546, plates 58–6.

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