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Dondice galaxiana

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Dondice galaxiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Myrrhinidae
Genus: Dondice
Species:
D. galaxiana
Binomial name
Dondice galaxiana
Millen & Hermosillo, 2012[1]

Dondice galaxiana is a species of colourful sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Myrrhinidae.[2]

Distribution

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This species was described from Puerto Vallarta, Noche Iguana, Bahía de Banderas, on the Pacific Ocean coast of Mexico. Additional specimens from Clipperton Island and Costa Rica were included in the original description.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Millen S. & Hermosillo A. 2012. Three new species of aeolid nudibranchs (Opisthobranchia) from the Pacific coast of Mexico, Panama and the Indopacific, with a redescription and redesignation of a fourth species. The Veliger, 51(3): 145-164.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Dondice galaxiana Millen & Hermosillo, 2012. Accessed on 2018-02-18.