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Doriopsilla nigrolineata

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Doriopsilla nigrolineata
A live Doriopsilla nigrolineata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Phyllidioidea
Family: Dendrodorididae
Genus: Doriopsilla
Species:
D. nigrolineata
Binomial name
Doriopsilla nigrolineata
Meyer, 1977
Synonyms[1]

Doriopsilla areolata nigrolineata Meyer, 1977

Dendrodoris krebsii is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendrodorididae.

Taxonomy

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It was previously considered a subspecies of Doriopsilla areolata Bergh, 1880 by Valdés & Ortea (1997),[2] but Valdés & Hamann (2008)[3] confirmed that it is a distinct species.[1]

Distribution

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Distribution of Doriopsilla nigrolineata includes Panama and Honduras.[1]

Description

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The shape of the body is oval to elongate.[1] Dorsum is rigid and covered with rounded tubercles.[1] Background color is translucent white to orange, with a series of irregular black lines over the entire dorsum.[1] Bases of tubercles are densely spotted with white.[1] Rhinophores and gill are yellow.[1] The maximum recorded body length is 30 mm.[4][1]

Ecology

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Minimum recorded depth is 3 m.[4] Maximum recorded depth is 12 m.[4] It was found in the depth of 3–6 m of water in Panama.[1]

References

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This article incorporates Creative Commons (CC-BY-4.0) text from the reference[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Goodheart J. A., Ellingson R. A., Vital X. G., Galvão Filho H. C., McCarthy J. B., Medrano S. M., Bhave V. J., García-Méndez K., Jiménez L. M., López G. & Hoover C. A. (2016). "Identification guide to the heterobranch sea slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Bocas del Toro, Panama". Marine Biodiversity Records 9(1): 56. doi:10.1186/s41200-016-0048-z
  2. ^ Valdés Á. & Ortea J. (1997). "Review of the genus Doriopsilla Bergh, 1880 (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) in the Atlantic Ocean". The Veliger 40: 240–254.
  3. ^ Valdés Á. & Hamann J. (2008). "Two new species of Doriopsilla from the tropical Western Atlantic with remarks on Cariopsillidae Ortea & Espinosa, 2005". The Veliger 50: 210–218.
  4. ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.