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Dermatobranchus ornatus

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Species of gastropod

Dermatobranchus ornatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Arminidae
Genus: Dermatobranchus
Species: D. ornatus
Binomial name
Dermatobranchus ornatus
Bergh, 1888

Dermatobranchus ornatus is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific region. It was described from the Philippines. It has been reported from Oman, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippine Islands, Indonesia, and Australia.

References

  1. Bergh R. 1874. Malacologische untersuchungen. In: Semper C., ed. Reisen im archipel der Philippinen. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 2, Theil 1, Heft 6. Wies- baden: Kreidel, 278–285.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Dermatobranchus ornatus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-09-30
  3. 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.
  4. Gosliner T.M., Behrens D.W., Valdés Á. 2008. Indo-Pacific nudibranchs and sea slugs: a field guide to the world’s most diverse fauna. Gig Harbor, San Francisco: Sea Challengers/ California Academy of Sciences.
  5. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (August 6) Dermatobranchus ornatus (Bergh, 1874). Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Taxon identifiers
Dermatobranchus ornatus
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