Chromodoris alternata

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Chromodoris alternata
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Chromodoris
Species:
C. alternata
Binomial name
Chromodoris alternata
Burn, 1957[1]

Chromodoris alternata is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]

Distribution[]

This chromodorid nudibranch is known only from Southern Australia.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Burn, Robert F. (1957). "On some Opisthobranchia from Victoria". Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia (1): 11-29, pls. 1-3.
  2. ^ Caballer, M. & Bouchet, P. (2015). "Chromodoris alternata (Burn, 1957)". In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 December 2015.
  3. ^ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology. 47 (1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp.
  4. ^ Rudman, W. B. (1 June 1999). "Chromodoris alternata (Burn, 1957)". [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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