Dermatobranchus nigropunctatus

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Dermatobranchus nigropunctatus
Dermatobranchus nigropunctatus.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia

clade Euarminida
Superfamily:
Arminoidea
Family:
Arminidae
Genus:
Dermatobranchus
Species:
D. nigropunctatus
Binomial name
Dermatobranchus nigropunctatus
Baba, 1949 [1]

Dermatobranchus nigropunctatus is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae.[2]

Distribution[]

This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific region. It was described from Japan. It has been reported from Eastern Australia.[3] but this record refers to Dermatobranchus dendronephthyphagus.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Baba, K. 1949. Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty The Emperor of Japan. 194 pp., 50 pls. Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Dermatobranchus nigropunctatus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-09-30
  3. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2005 (April 18) Dermatobranchus nigropunctatus Baba, 1949. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ^ Gosliner T.M. & Fahey S.J. (2011) Previously undocumented diversity and abundance of cryptic species: a phylogenetic analysis of Indo-Pacific Arminidae Rafinesque, 1814 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) with descriptions of 20 new species of Dermatobranchus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 161: 245–356.
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