Geitodoris bacalladoi

Geitodoris bacalladoi is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.[2]

Geitodoris bacalladoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily:
Doridoidea
Family:
Discodorididae
Genus:
Geitodoris
Species:
G. bacalladoi
Binomial name
Geitodoris bacalladoi
Ortea, 1990 [1]

Distribution

It is mainly found in Mediterranean seabed environments.[3] and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands. The type locality is type locality: Agua Dulce, Tenerife (28°02'N, 16°33'W, 6 m) [1]

Description

Ecology

References
  1. Ortea J., 1990: El género Geitodoris Bergh, 1894 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) en las islas Canarias Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias 2: 99-121
  2. Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139576 on 2012-03-01
  3. "Geitodoris bacalladoi Ortea, 1990". Retrieved 21 January 2013.


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