Platydoris rolani

Platydoris rolani is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.[2]

Platydoris rolani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Platydoris
Species:
P. rolani
Binomial name
Platydoris rolani
Dorgan, Valdés & Gosliner, 2002[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Príncipe Island, Gulf of Guinea. The original description contains additional specimens from São Tomé.[1]

References

  1. Dorgan K.M., Valdés Á. & Gosliner T.M. (2002). Phylogenetic systematics of the genus Platydoris (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Doridoidea) with descriptions of six new species. Zoologica Scripta 31 (3): 271–319
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Platydoris rolani. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-05-11
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